"Anthropologists have promulgated the myth of the peaceful savage so effectively that when actual deaths by war are tabulated for prestate simple societies, one is astonished by how such a notion can continue to be taught to students."

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Source : "The Emotional Life of Nations". Book by Lloyd deMause, 2002.

Lloyd deMause

#War Quotes #Simple Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.”
“Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.”
“I'm reading and trying to find a television show that I really like, so I can start really working again and gain some momentum.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Scientists have suddenly become aware of the magic quality of the Earth and the entire universe.”
“'One new perception, one fresh thought, one act of surrender, one change of heart, one leap of faith, can change your life forever.'”

Source : Robert Holden (2006). “Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life”
“I just wonder what has been the effect on the human soul of nearly a century in which we have regarded sex on screen as generally better than the sex we actually have, the sex which is, in fact, much better than anything we have seen in the movies, becuase it's sex, after all, and in the movies, it isn't.”
“You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.”
“A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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