"Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy."

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Source : FaceBook post by Douglas Rushkoff from Aug 23, 2013

Douglas Rushkoff

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“Eva [Braun] also cried when [Adolf Hitler] would leave her for long periods. She was inconsolable without him, that was a never-changing refrain.”
“Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.”
“I pay our nanny more than Im earning.”
“I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.”
“My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2012). “Gone Girl: A Novel”, p.145, Crown
“Donâ€™t mind me,â€ I said. â€œIâ€™m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.â€ â€œNo, you diddnâ€™t,â€ Abby said, appearing on the roof. She was wearing a trim suit and tall black boots. Her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail at the nape of her neck, and either i was imagining things or Townsend wasnâ€™t quite as good a spy as I thought, because I could have sworn I saw him drool a little. Note to self: your aunt is a hottie.”
“"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.”
“I was a bleeding-heart liberal, until I got a job.”

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