"I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything."

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Peter Schjeldahl

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.”
“The presidency is more than a popularity contest.”
“Try to imagine a system of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property rights. If you cannot do so, then you must agree that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.”
“For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of the world would have to include a handaxe.”
“Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?”
“I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.”
“It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.”
“All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.”

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