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    Kahlil Gibran
    “ما أنبل القلب الحزين الذي لايمنعه حزنه على ان ينشد أغنية مع القلوب الفرحة”
    ― جبران خليل جبران, النبي
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    Guy Kawasaki
    “Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.”
    ― Guy Kawasaki
    tags: charisma, curiousity, passion
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    Douglas Coop
    “New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery.”
    ― Douglas Coop
    tags: activist, charisma, civil-disobedience, loaded-language, power, propaganda, protest
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    “The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity.”
    ― Mr. Depravity
    tags: charisma, charm, eternity, love, romance, vampire, wooing
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    Otto von Bismarck
    “When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. ”
    ― Otto von Bismarck
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    Otto von Bismarck
    “الحياة أشبه بالتواجد عند طبيب الأسنان. فأنت تعتقد دائما أن الأسوأ هو الذي لا يزال في طريقه إليك، رغم أنه يكون قد انتهى بالفعل.”
    ― Otto von Bismarck
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    Otto von Bismarck
    “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
    ― Otto von Bismarck
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    Henry Kissinger
    “It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.”
    ― Henry Kissinger
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    Henry Kissinger
    “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”
    ― Henry Kissinger
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  • #10
    “Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.”
    ― Paul McCartney
    tags: capitalism, mercenary, music
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    Philip Slater
    “Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a viable economy is to make things for people to buy so they’ll have jobs and get enough money to buy things.”
    ― Philip Slater
    tags: capitalism, commercialism, economy, endless-circles, failed-systems, greed, materialism, pursuit-of-loneliness, stuff-things
    166 likes

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  • #12
    “When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.”
    ― Shirley Chisholm
    tags: capitalism, compassion, ethics, greed
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    Jarod Kintz
    “The problem with Marxism is the proletariat isn’t going to rise up against capitalism and consumerism. The only time they’ll rise up is during a commercial break to either go to the bathroom or grab more beer.
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    ― Jarod Kintz, Untitled
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    Confucius
    “The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.”
    (Analects 4.16)”
    ― Confucius
    tags: capitalism, china, consumerism, greed
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    Jasper Fforde
    “Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
    tags: capitalism
    25 likes

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    Jasper Fforde
    “Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, First Among Sequels
    tags: comradeship, love
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    Jasper Fforde
    “Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book
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    Jasper Fforde
    “Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and let’s face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field – is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by almost anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good –”
    ― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
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    Noam Chomsky
    “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”
    ― Noam Chomsky, The Common Good
    tags: 1998
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    C.G. Jung
    “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
    ― Carl Gustav Jung
    tags: chemistry, relationships
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    C.G. Jung
    “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
    ― Carl Gustav Jung
    tags: authenticity
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    C.G. Jung
    “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”
    ― Carl Gustav Jung
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  • #23
    Coco Chanel
    “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: courage, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, judgment, self-determination, speaking-out, thought
    7229 likes

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  • #24
    Marilyn Monroe
    “A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Alan D. Altieri
    “Calibro 45 Winchester Magnum"
    "È unicamente una questione di potere d'arresto, Duncan. Quando sparo a qualcuno, mi piace che rimanga a terra.”
    ― Alan D. Altieri
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Everything you can imagine is real.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, imagination, inspirational, life
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  • #27
    Khaled Hosseini
    “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini
    tags: life
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: life, love
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    أحمد خالد توفيق
    “لا يتحمل الحياة بلا أحلام ..
    منذ طفولتي لم أجرب العيش بلا أحلام ..
    أن تنتظر شيئًا .. أن تُحرم من شيء .. أن تغلق عينيك ليلًا وأنت تأمل في شيء .. أن تتلقى وعدًا بشيء ..”
    ― أحمد خالد توفيق, يوتوبيا
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Keep your intelligence white hot and your grief glistening“
    so your life will stay fresh.”
    ― Rumi Jalalu'l-Din
    tags: life
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