"The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development lies the origin of civilization."

-- Julian Jaynes

#Lying Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Mind Quotes

“With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money...and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever manner. Monetary inflation is currently being offset by labor deflation. The way you avoid collapse is by printing money and stealing assets. The way you avoid inflation is with labor deflation.”
“If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.”

Source : "In Miami MLK Speech, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Defiant In Feud With Trump" by Tim Padgett, wlrn.org. January 16, 2017.
“Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is ALL from.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 9, 2012
“My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress.”

Source : Renata Adler (1970). “Toward a radical middle: fourteen pieces of reporting and criticism”
“I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.”
“There are no shortcuts. Be patient and look long-term. It's a foolish idea that if you do a little more, faster, then you'll get better than the rest. It ignores the fact that you must train at your optimal level, not your maximum level. Consistency is the secret to improvement and success. You have to keep training when others lose interest.”
“There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!”

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