"We live increasingly in a system in which little direct attention is paid to the object, the function, the program, the task, the need; but immense attention to the role, the procedure, prestige, and profit."

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Source : Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.8, New York Review of Books

Paul Goodman

#Tasks Quotes #Needs Quotes #Roles Quotes

“That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.”
“It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.”
“Remember when you were a kid and the boys didn't like the girls? Only sissies liked girls? What I'm trying to tell you is that nothing's changed. You think boys grow out of not liking girls, but we don't grow out of it. We just grow horny. That's the problem. We mix up liking ***** for liking girls. Believe me, one couldn't have less to do with the other.”
“American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them.”
“If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid aside; but just the Reverse.”
“Marriage, the family unit, was the "original Department of Health, Education and Welfare."”
“Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that recent revelations and allegations of ***** use have been sending a terrible message to young people.”

Source : "Quotes from congressional steroid hearing". The Associated Press, NBC Sports, March 17, 2005.
“A lot of modeling is how much crap you can take.”

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