"Finally I decided that since peasants were the largest segment of the world's population, it would be an honorable and worthy career to devote my life to the study of peasants and agriculture."

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Source : "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.

James C. Scott

#Careers Quotes #Agriculture Quotes #Population Quotes

“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or to feel remorse for this shameful episode.”
“Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.”
“Back then and later on when I was in NEU! and Harmonia I was too much preoccupied with my own music to be aware of the German music scene, let alone following it actively. But changes which were happening with S.o.S. (namely the development of individual ideas and the effort to distinguish from the Anglo- American rock patterns) also helped me recognize other musicians within my immediate vicinity.”
“The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials.”
“But it doesn't stop at school. We can all enjoy books throughout our lives - as I certainly continue to do.”
“England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't think criticism is a valid one because, in defense of Hollywood, we have censorship problems England doesn't have. I'm not speaking of the license to do sexy stuff. I'm speaking of the license to present adult ideas and viewpoints, which we lack and which means in turn that many of our pictures lack intelligent content.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.”
“I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.”

Source : "Paula Radcliffe hoping to finish 'crappy year' with success in Berlin" by Barney Ronay, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2011.

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