David Graeber Quotes

Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it.

David Graeber

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkCreativePeopleProblemsEnd

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

John Arbuthnot

PoliticalDieOwnLastLiesParties

I realized I wasn't a good employee because I was too busy listening to people's personal problems to do work.

Mel Robbins

WorkGoodPeopleListeningBusy

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

Melanie Lynskey

KidSelf-EsteemWhoLot

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

Tom Cruise

LifeChallengesCareYouWho

The Harvey Weinstein case showed us that Hollywood is rotten to the core.

Mike Cernovich

EnjoySeeingReactionHumanOver

I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see.

Jude Law

WorkFamilyHomeMyselfGraceDrive

I don't like to talk about my personal life.

Javier Bardem

LifePersonalTalkPersonal Life

I'm not an actor; I'm a judge.

Joseph Wapner

JudgeActor

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Joseph Addison

FaithGreatMeasureAtheistGreater

North America can easily fragment quickly as did the Eastern Bloc in 1989.

Douglas Coupland

AmericaNorthDidQuicklyEasily

I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.

Christopher Lee

FearYouLos AngelesSmellLived

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.

Anne Heche

LifeMouthPersonBigWholeWho

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