"Man is tied to the weight of his own past, and even by a great therapeutic labor little more can be accomplished than a shifting of the burden."

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Source : Philip Rieff (1979). “Freud: The Mind of the Moralist”, p.11, University of Chicago Press

Philip Rieff

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Weight Quotes

“I'm a label that wants to sell. I believe in clothes.”
“First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?”
“We will not build our offensive game plan around our punter. We will not major in punting.”

Source : Rex Ryan's first press conference as coach of the Buffalo Bills, www.buffalobills.com. January 14, 2015.
“Nothing sends the message to your enemy that he has not fully understood the situation on the battlefield--a tactician's greatest sin--like zombies unexpectedly tapping their rear guard on the shoulder and eating their brains.”
“There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...”
“You look sad even though we just met No need to get upset But I got a show, gotta go, so I thank you And if you wanna still get sexed down You could catch the next Greyhound But until then, I gotta go, so I thank you”
“Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.”
“The religion of the corporate world is novelty. What is new is always right.”

Source : Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.28, Vintage

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