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Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.

Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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  1. A diploma is a piece of paper that is used to acquire another piece of paper: an employment contract. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  2. Technology has transformed the world into a global village. And communities, families, friends, etc., into local islands. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  3. All wisdom contracts then expands, contracts then expands. That is how consciousness evolves. – S Kelley Harrell
  4. To some people, employment is a distraction. To all entertainers, distraction is employment. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  5. Some kid asked what a dilemma is. And I replied: When a starving man has to choose between a plate of food, and, a roll of toilet paper. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  6. Yeah I know. No one can know what you’re doing or who you trust or don’t trust, etc., etc. – Evelyn Smith
  7. Nothing gets transformed in your life until your mind is transformed. – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
  8. Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  9. Employment frees man from the nightmare of unemployment, while it chains him to his employer’s dream. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  10. Literacy makes man a victim of advertising. Education makes him a victim of employment. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  11. What values do achievement, degrees, and diplomas have if you don’t have wisdom and love? – Debasish Mridha
  12. Life entertains humble men by giving men with below average looks (intellect, knowledge, etc.) an above average self-esteem. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  13. The definition of ‘Employment’ by an employer, and, that by an employee, are seldom the same. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  14. The definition of ‘Employment’ by an employer, and, that by an employee, are seldom the same. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  15. Employment is the exploitation of the employer’s courage, and, the employed’s fear of failure. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  16. Employment is an employee’s kissing of an employer’s ass. A salary is the employer’s pretense to be cleaning his ass. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  17. Employment was invented to make education seem useful. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  18. Employment is slavery. Workers merely have a choice over where to serve their daily eight-hour sentence. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  19. Self-employment killed the weekend. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  20. If employment really cared about employees, people wouldn’t have to work until retirement comes to their rescue. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  21. Old Age homes are civilization’s dumpsites for human beings who it cannot exploit further. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  22. Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  23. Civilization must be preserved,’ says he.’Civilization’s doing fine,’ I said. ‘We just don’t happen to be where it is. – Joanna Russ
  24. The soul of our civilization depends upon the civilization of our soul. The imagination of our culture calls for a culture of the imagination. – James Hillman
  25. Culture is the best society has to offer…How can we pass on civilization to those who do not value civilization. (Terrence Rattigan) – Beth Fine
  26. Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies. – Fernand Braudel
  27. Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end. – Haruki Murakami
  28. The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. – Sigmund Freud
  29. America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be. – AA Gill
  30. Air freshener is man’s pitiful attempt to have his food smell as good, after digestion, as they did, before ingestion. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  31. Getting employment is equivalent to cutting your life into pieces bit by bit – Sunday Adelaja
  32. Any food that refuses to digest in your body is unwanted for your health – ETC Wanyanwu
  33. Our food is transformed from the moment when its sowed, cultured, grown, until its ready to serve.Our desires are likewise. – JKJaiswal
  34. Money, money, money! I think about money morning, noon and night! I dare say it’s mercenary of me, but there it is – Agatha Christie
  35. One can fight money only with money! from my Tale Of The Rock Pieces. – Ivan Stoikov
  36. Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  37. Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of the pieces. – Judith Viorst
  38. The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. – Renae Jones
  39. When you get your heart broken, other people can help you pick the pieces up, but only you can glue the pieces back together. – Sam Madison
  40. But never forget: When everything feels like it’s falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place. – Katie Kiesler

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