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Renata Salecl Quotes: I don't criticize political or electoral freedom, but capitalism's perversion of the concept: the illusion that I hold the power over my own life.
         

I don't criticize political or electoral freedom, but capitalism's perversion of the concept: the illusion that I hold the power over my own life.


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Freud also said we choose our own neuroses. Capitalism is the neurosis of humanity.

Freud also said we choose our own neuroses. Capitalism is the neurosis of humanity.



We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue to exist. Ultimately, capitalism only mirrors human nature.

We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue to exist. Ultimately, capitalism only mirrors human nature.



The position of the hysterical subject is that he or she always guesses what is behind the curtain, that is why such a subject usually ends up [...] giving up on love.

The position of the hysterical subject is that he or she always guesses what is behind the curtain, that is why such a subject usually ends up [...] giving up on love.



We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want a guarantee that whatever we choose will be exactly as we envisioned it.

We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want a guarantee that whatever we choose will be exactly as we envisioned it.



We constantly feel stressed, overwhelmed and guilty.It's our own fault if we're unhappy. It means we made a bad decision.

We constantly feel stressed, overwhelmed and guilty.It's our own fault if we're unhappy. It means we made a bad decision.



Love emerges at the point of a lacking word, and one offers one's being to fill the lack.

Love emerges at the point of a lacking word, and one offers one's being to fill the lack.



I do have the power. I can decide for myself what I want, even if the thought stresses me out.

I do have the power. I can decide for myself what I want, even if the thought stresses me out.





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We, the atom and I, have been on friendly terms, until recently. I saw in it the key to the deepest secrets of Nature, and it revealed to me the greatness of creation and the Creator.

We, the atom and I, have been on friendly terms, until recently. I saw in it the key to the deepest secrets of Nature, and it revealed to me the greatness of creation and the Creator.



We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.



Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor. He's got a great slogan - 'Vote for me, or I'll make 'Kindergarten Cop II

Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor. He's got a great slogan - 'Vote for me, or I'll make 'Kindergarten Cop II



My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.

My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.



The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision. It just frightens them.



From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.



Man is a machine and in the whole universe there is but a single substance, matter, variously modified.

Man is a machine and in the whole universe there is but a single substance, matter, variously modified.



If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose

If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose



If you miss one class, you know it; if you miss two classes, your teacher knows it, and if you miss three classes, the audience knows it

If you miss one class, you know it; if you miss two classes, your teacher knows it, and if you miss three classes, the audience knows it



He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.

He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.




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