"It's the willingness on the part of people who seek personal enrichment to destroy other human beingsâ€¦ And because the mechanisms of governance can no longer control them, there is nothing now within the formal mechanisms of power to stop them from creating essentially a corporate oligarchic state."

-- Chris Hedges

#Creating Quotes #People Quotes #States Quotes

“I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.”

Source : "Gattaca", www.imdb.com. 1997.
“We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood. When we are misunderstood, especially by family and friends, we join the 'lonely crowd.' Worse... we tend to lose touch with our real selves.”
“Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.”
“Do we now fight for the kind of passionate belief that I have about sexuality, about the importance of the erotic, of people actually getting to fulfill desire and not be punished because they have it? No, we're nowhere near close to that. We're dealing with an AIDS epidemic that continues out of control globally and in this country, NO, THIS IS NOT the movement that I am fighting to create. Has it succeeded in places that are very significant? Yes it has - and it would be foolish to say that those things don't matter.”
“I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.”
“To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.49, Prestwick House Inc
“It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible.”
“If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valor, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the dark-haired brother of Good; they walk hand in handâ€”always.”

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