"Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized to its inhumanity."

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Source : Hank Nuwer (2001). “Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking”, p.31, Indiana University Press

Hank Nuwer

#Ordinary Quotes #Enough Quotes #Inhumanity Quotes

“The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.”
“Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated and lonely people. It's what people had before television. It yokes people together into an imaginary world. It is just people talking to their imaginary friends, at length. I wouldn't mind, but some of the people are world leaders.”
“There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.”
“Because life is short. I feel weâ€™re made of a hunger, a desire for life â€“ if that can be described as a material. As I get older, Iâ€™m trying to open that channel more. If you donâ€™t, if you close off desire and get complacent, life loses its freshness and sweetness, and thatâ€™s what I crave. Thatâ€™s my bliss.”
“As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a WOW outcome!”
“If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse”
“Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake. Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.”
“The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.”

Source : "The 1975's Matt Healy on That Time Usher Mistook Him for Skrillex". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2016.

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