Quote by Christopher Lasch
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumpt

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. – Christopher Lasch

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Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family their defense of families carries no conviction. – Christopher Lasch

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It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times — the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie — seem attractive by comparison. – Christopher Lasch

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There is no higher value in our society than integrity. – Arlen Specter

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Most people know more about their own elected officials via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbors via conversation, and many know more about the celebrities via tabloids than they know about their own representatives via voting booklets. – Terri Guillemets, 2007

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Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this and multi-that. – Li Ka Shing

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Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. – Greg Egan, “Distress”

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There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles. – Stephen Covey

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My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me. – Dolph Lundgren

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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didnt have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Dont be afraid to fail. – Sara Blakely

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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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