And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Some people have low susceptibility to advertising and marketing techniques. These are the people who aren't interested in money. Material acquisition does not serve their need for the power process.
The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level.
We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or not.
People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.
My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.
A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.
For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically distinct particulars sharing the same universals; so the principle of identity of indiscernibles is false.
It never leaves, not with someone we love. Their presence burns too vivid in our memories. Happen that is as it should be, for otherwise we would too easy forget.
Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I dont define myself as a Northerner in that I dont live in the North.