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commodorified) wrote2012-02-28 08:40 pm
commodorified) wrote2012-02-28 08:40 pm
"Why is it that you are fundamentally alienated from the entire institutional structure of society?"
Or, 'How did I get like this?
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes." ― William Gibson
See also: Burroughs, William S. "If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future!"
See also Phillips, Utah: ... if it's true the only real life I have is the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption that at the end of the day they will give it back in an unmutilated condition?
And Ivins, Molly: What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
I don't really do "words to live by", more "words to squirrel away and take out to consider carefully and thoughtfully every so often".
These are some of mine.
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes." ― William Gibson
See also: Burroughs, William S. "If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future!"
See also Phillips, Utah: ... if it's true the only real life I have is the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption that at the end of the day they will give it back in an unmutilated condition?
And Ivins, Molly: What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
I don't really do "words to live by", more "words to squirrel away and take out to consider carefully and thoughtfully every so often".
These are some of mine.