“Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsSometimesLawRealizingGriefWonderCryPossibilityBrotherRegretTypePersonalityConcernedWake UpShameProfoundBoringDeeperUniquenessIn-lawsFittingSaddestNormalityHeartyBrother In Law Book:Life After God Source: Life After God
“The whole world is conscious. It's just that we become conscious at times, and you become conscious when you lose a parent, or just a loved one, period - a wife, a brother, you know. You wake up and say, "Man, it's real. I don't need this pimp gangster stuff anymore, I need something with a little more substance." And there is marketing for that.” KnowsMenWorldNeedsLittlesRealWholeStuffParentLosesWifeBrotherPeriodsConsciousWake UpMarketingWhole WorldSubstanceLoved OnesGangstersPimp Author:KRS-One
“The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.” FirstsLittlesHas BeensRecordsBrotherWake UpCould Have BeenLonesomeEverly Brothers Author:John Oates
“It seems to me that the students are now half-awake enough to try and wake up their brother workers. If you don't pass on your own awareness then it closes down again.” IfsTryingEnoughSeemsHalfAwarenessStudentsBrotherWake UpWorkersAwake Author:John Lennon
“I was teasing my brother that he was penniless, homeless, jobless. Right now in his life, racism isn't the central highlighting force: it's the world of work and economics. It doesn't mean that he isn't influenced by racism, but when he wakes up in the morning the thing that's driving his world is really issues of class, economics and power as they articulate themselves.” WorldMeanForceClassMorningIssuesBrotherRight NowRacismEconomicsWake UpDrivingMy BrotherJoblessHomelessTeaseHighlighting Author:Bell Hooks