"You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. â€¦ You are captivesâ€”and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?â€”your captivity and the captivity of the world."

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Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.25, Bantam

Daniel Quinn

#Order Quotes #Captivity Quotes #Goes On Quotes

“I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers.”
“The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I thought that, given the system of rewards central to our economic system, in which profit maximization is valued above all else and specifically above life, it is probably just as irresistible to the owners of capital (human or otherwise) to exploit workers (and the land): "Nothing personal," they say as they load their property onto the ship bound for the Middle Passage, "but a man's gotta turn a dime.”
“Though we may not always be able to avoid pain, we can choose how much we suffer.”

Source : Judy Tatelbaum (2013). “You Don't Have to Suffer: A Handbook for Moving Beyond Life's Crises”, p.15, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls.”
“On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.”
“Prayer, to the patriarchs and prophets, was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart.”

Source : Herbert Lockyer (1990). “All the Prayers of the Bible”, p.17, Harper Collins

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