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“If one takes pleasure in calling the gold standard a "barbarous relic," one cannot object to the application of the same term to every historically determined institution. Then the fact that the British speak English - and not Danish, German, or French - is a barbarous relic too, and every Briton who opposes the substitution of Esperanto for English is no less dogmatic and orthodox than those who do not wax rapturous about the plans for a managed currency.”

“If women take their bodies seriously and ideally we should then its full expression, in terms of pleasure, maternity, and physical strength, seems to fare better when women control the means of production and reproduction. From this point of view, it is simply not in women's interest to support patriarchy or even a fabled "equality" with men. That women do so is more a sign of powerlessness than of any biologically based "superior" wisdom.”

Ifs Men Should Mean Body Seems Term Interest Pleasure Views Support Expression Productions Point Of View Superiors Patriarchy Reproduction Powerlessness Maternity Physical Strength

Book:Women & madness

Source: Women & madness

“Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is a mark of virtue. Pain becomes the inignia of morality - and conversely, pleasure becomes the insignia of immorality. Christianity, therefore, does not say, "Go forth and be miserable." Rather, it says, "Go forth and practice the virtue of self-sacrifice." In practical terms, these commands are identical.”

“Every true American likes to think in terms of thousands and millions. The word 'million' is probably the most pleasure-giving vocable in the language.”

Thinking Giving Language Term Pleasure Millions United States Likes Very True

Author:Agnes Repplier

“Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.”

Ifs Writing Kind Term Pleasure Novel Worldly Novel Writing

Author:Barbara Pym

“Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.”

Want Long Motivational Pain Remember Order Term Pleasure Break Gains Valuable Long Term Short Term Break Through

Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“The language of commerce has been engineered to describe the overt purpose of a thing, but cannot encompass fringe benefits or peripheral pleasures. It weighs the obvious against what in its terms are incomprehensible. When I drive from here to there, speed, privacy, control, and safety are easy to claim. When I walk, what happens is more vague, more ambiguous-and in many circumstances much richer. I am out in the world. It's exercise, though not so quantifiably as on a treadmill in a gym with a digital readout.”

“I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener.”

Thinking I Can Hard Term Pleasure Listening Instinct Hearing Hard Times Listeners Just Listen Utilitarian Hearing Music

Author:Sufjan Stevens

“Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets the balance of nature. The consumer ethic not only defiles the environment by creating undesirable change in the biosphere but also corrupts the mind and body by defining pleasure in terms of ownership and absorption. Waste itself is a human concept; everything in nature is eventually used. If human beings carry on in their present ways, they will one day be recycled along with the dinosaurs.”