Quote by Raoul Vaneigem
We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity. – Raoul Vaneigem

Other quotes by Raoul Vaneigem

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Poetry
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Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Knowledge
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In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Equality
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Dreams
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Im sick of following my dreams. Im just going to ask them where theyre goin, and hook up with them later. – Mitch Hedberg

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Dreams

Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them. – Henry Norris Russell

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Dreams

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you dont, who will? – Jon Bon Jovi

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Dreams

If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. – Adam Duritz

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Dreams

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There is a lot more juice in grapefruit than meets the eye. – Author Unknown

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Food

Its cool to be healthy. – Dick Gregory

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cool

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. – Abbie Hoffman

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What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters. – Alfred Russel Wallace

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Marriage