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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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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Dreams
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I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artists early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality. – Irvin Kershner

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Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations. – Ryunosuke Satoro

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Dreams

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I havent even dreamed up. – Fantasia Barrino

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Dreams

Peoples dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. Its what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Dreams

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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

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Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The kids out there want something they can relate to, something thats real most of that whiny stuff isnt real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death. – Jonathan Davis

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