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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

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People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth. – Raoul Vaneigem

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positive
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In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Industry
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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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Dreams
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The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it cant wake up. – David Herbert Lawrence

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What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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Dreams

Dreams say what they mean, but they dont say it in daytime language. – Gail Godwin

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I think theres a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. – Tori Amos

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Dreams

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