Posts tagged quote.

You’re messing with my Zen thing, man

Kevin Flynn (Tron: Legacy)
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  December 23, 2010 at 11:11am

The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn’t to control the conflict, it’s to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt.

Umberto Calvini [In explaining the “true” nature of banking in the world] in The International (2009)
  December 31, 2010 at 10:49am

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

 Winston Churchill
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  February 01, 2011 at 02:08pm

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx
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  February 01, 2011 at 02:22pm

And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: “Look at this Godawful mess.

Art Buchwald

(I miss Art Buchwald)

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  February 07, 2011 at 10:36am

Some Seventies Tunes To Melt Even The Heart of A Gorilla ›

All the more reason to stick with ‘em ol’ crooners

When people read PowerPoint presentations to me, my head explodes.

Roger Ebert

I may be doing this this afternoon LOLOL

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  February 09, 2011 at 12:48pm

Stories are like spiders, with all they long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look so pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the elegant way that they connect to one another, each to each.

Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys (via shoutabout-it)

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  February 10, 2011 at 11:20am

Music is always a commentary on society.

Frank Zappa
  February 10, 2011 at 02:52pm

“The strong person is not the good wrestler. Rather, the strong person is the one who controls himself when he is angry.” - Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

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Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (via iammeagan)
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A woman naked is a woman armed.

Umberto Eco (The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana)
  February 17, 2011 at 10:47am

I am an exceptional creature exiled among philistines. I sequester myself ever more proudly in my solitude.

Umberto Eco (The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana)
  February 17, 2011 at 10:48am