"Green consumerism generally, and 'healthy' products and lifestyles in particular, contain quite precise notions about how an individual should consider his or her well-being. Not only is the market-place celebrated but an understanding of the 'natural body' itself becomes fetishised and idolised. Normality seems to have wholly dispensed with bodily illness and pain. Perfection is the norm, and one that can be gained through acquiring the correct products and perfecting the body."

-- Peter Dickens

#Pain Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Healthy Quotes

“It's no fun losing a tooth or getting your face whacked by a stick.”
“This is an important part of the Internet Dynamic - providing opportunity and not guarantees.”
“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.38, Macmillan
“Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never.”
“Unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine.”
“Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!”
“The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.”

Source : "The Revolt Against Liberal Orthodoxy" by David Harsanyi, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 11, 2010.
“At the core of every ordered system, whether a family or a factory, is chaos. But in the whirl of every chaos lies a strange order, waiting to be found.”

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