#me

The man who is extremely and dangerously hungry has no other interest but food. Capacities not useful for the satisfying of hunger are pushed into the background. 'But what happens to man's desires when there is plenty of food and his belly in chronically filled? At once, other (and higher) needs emerge and these, rather than the psychological hungers, dominate the organism. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#hunger #men #need #food

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#corrupted #debate #get #goal #goals

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#ferrari #gifts #give #i #i do

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#danger #evil #full #i #i think

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#copy #day #days #get #good

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#any #figure #heroic #i #level

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#fanatic #nut #something #who

Sometimes I think I know her. This is not one of those times. This is not 3:33.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #knowledge #relationships #time #food

My Oneness will stop the machine that overtakes people's minds. Do we really need new clothes, or new cars, or new TVs? Should we really ingest food made from chemicals not of this earth? Should we really give our money to people who don't need it but want it to fill the evil greed inside of their body? No, we don't, but people need me to show them how to be free." Jimmy, "The One ↗

— Teresa Lo

#capitalism #delusions #food #greed #hallucinations

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#book #books #could #disappear #escape