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Letter "C" » consumption
«Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.»
«A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption»
«Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.»
«Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out»
«Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer conglomerates. Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? It's a beautiful world all right.»
Author: Bill Watterson
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Author)
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Keywords:
all right,
beer,
Christmas,
cola,
consumption,
entertainment,
fast food,
guessed,
harmoniously,
mix,
popular,
Popular entertainment,
spirituality,
touching
«A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.»
Author: George Santayana
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Humanist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
articles,
Articles of,
conception,
consumption,
currency,
exchangeable,
fraud,
reducible,
small change
«I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration of the wheel arrests the progress of the fell disease.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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Philosopher)
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Keywords:
arrests,
consumption,
gallop,
galloped,
galloping,
gallops,
restoration,
spinning,
spinning wheel,
The Restoration,
The wheel,
wheel
«Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of civilization one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?»
«Any ad consciously attended to is comical. Ads are not meant for conscious consumption. They are intended as subliminal pills for the subconsious in order to exercise an hypnotic spell, especially on sociologists.»
Author: Marshall McLuhan
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Educator,
Social Reformer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
A.D.,
attended,
comical,
consciously,
consumption,
hypnotic,
pills,
sociologist,
sociologists,
subliminal
«In order to have sacred thoughts, give up the vices like consumption of non-vegetarian food, smoking and drinking intoxicants.»