Commodifies Famous Quotes & Sayings

What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has become a commodity. It's all a way to trick young people into believing that there's something unique about what they do, but this is all completely a corporately designed maneuver. — Todd Solondz

And the rest of the story?" he asked, trying to force a smile. "Is that like everything else in POT, on a need-to-know basis?"
She nodded.
The waiter came to their table, but must have sensed his timing was off and went away again.
She opened her mouth to say something. Harry could see that she was on the verge of tears. She bit her lower lip. Then she put the napkin down on the tablecloth, shoved her chair back, stood up without a word and left. Harry remained, sitting and staring at the napkin. She must have been squeezing it in her hand for some time, he mused, because it was crumpled up into a ball. He watched it slowly unfold like a white paper flower. — Jo Nesbo

Factory farming is the attitude that commodifies sentient life. — Gene Baur

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me. — Rudyard Kipling

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love. — Henry Ward Beecher

Philip May is known in politics as a man who has taken a back seat and allowed his wife, Theresa, to shine."

Allowed.

Now let us reverse it. Theresa May has allowed her husband to shine. Does it make sense? If Philip May were prime minister, perhaps we might hear that his wife had "supported" him from the background, or that she was "behind" him, or that she'd "stood by his side," but we would never hear that she had "allowed" him to shine.

"Allow" is a troubling word. "Allow" is about power. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave. — LeCrae

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen. — Tony Goldwyn

Be the beauty which beasts will never fancy but which gentlemen will respect. — Amit Abraham

Don't be afraid. You are never really alone. Just be yourself. You don't ever have to pretend you are someone else. If you try to do that, then you don't have anything to give the world. Accept and give your gifts with love. — Jay Woodman

I write about what I'm going through. — Kesha