"Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on……" — David Graeber
"Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free."
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25 Quotes by David Graeber
David Graeber has 25 quotes on this site.
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We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will…
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Traditional hedonism...was based on the direct experience of pleasure: wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; or…
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States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we…
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Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves.
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In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no…
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Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If there’s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better…
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Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many…
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But in the years since the neoliberal project really has been stripped down to what was always its essence: not…
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It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization.
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Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee…
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If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also…
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It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
— Kevin Bacon
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