"Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. The industrial society ... recognises nothing except the power to acquire ... No other kind of hope or satisfaction or pleasure can any longer be envisaged within the culture of capitalism."

-- John Berger

#Envy Quotes #Culture Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes

“...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge?...to put the heart of martial arts inyour own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that you will know that there are no limits.”
“I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.”
“In some domains it looks as though our identical twins reared apart are...just as similar as identical twins reared together. Now that's an amazing finding and I can assure you none of us would have expected that degree of similarity.”
“I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal.”

Source : Rudolf Rocker (1956). “The London years”
“Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.”
“Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.”
“I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature,”
“And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.”

Source : Celia Rivenbark (2009). “You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning”, p.164, Macmillan

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