""The people" is that massive portion of a society that lives by its pathetic subjection to sheer immediacy or self-obviousness, and that therefore uncritically seizes upon the most simplistic and abstract ways of filling its vacuous self-consciousness. Not philosophy but dogma and rhetoric, not rationality but indoctrination and conditioning, provide the cultural junkfood by which the Many perfunctorily slake their thirst and hunger."

-- Kenny Smith

#Philosophy Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“Like the people of Israel who created a golden calf to represent God while Moses was away, fundamentalist Christians have built their own idols to represent God until Jesus returns. The religion of fundamentalism is idolatry.”
“Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.”

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.628
“Without intent all painting is meaningless.”
“Composition has almost always been solitary.”
“A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty.”
“If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.”

Source : John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.37, Macmillan
“I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.”
“I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.'”

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