Bob Black on chance
Bob Black11 quotes“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you’ll end up boring, stupid and monotonous.”
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Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.
Bob BlackBob Black Almost any evil you’d care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. In order to stop suffering, we have to stop working.
Bob BlackBob Black Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.
Bob BlackBob Black Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds.
Bob BlackBob Black Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world.
Bob BlackBob Black Just as under statism one can at least change nationalities but you can’t avoid subjection to one nation-state or another. But freedom means more than the right to change masters.
Bob BlackBob Black Those on the receiving end of coercion don’t quibble over their coercers’ credentials.
Bob BlackBob Black Cleansed of its leftist residues, anarchy – anarchism minus Marxism – will be free to get better at being what it is.
Bob BlackBob Black Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.
Bob BlackBob Black You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you’ll end up boring, stupid, and monotonous.
Bob BlackBob Black
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg Do not afraid to give people a second chance but not third.
Abel StarcAbel Starc Fight every chance you can to be you. Don’t let them intimidate you. Authenticity is greatness.
Candace OwensCandace Owens When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.
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