"Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the United States belongs to Japanese and German investors. The fear of getting into such a predicament is so strong today that fantasy often outstrips reality. The reality is that inequality with respect to capital is a far greater domestic issue than it is an international one."

-- Thomas Piketty

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“There are philosophies which are unendurable not because men are cowards, but because they are men.”

Source : Ludwig Lewisohn (1915). “The Modern Drama: An Essay in Interpretation”
“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.”
“I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.”
“Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.”
“No - not other than making a record that I was satisfied with. That’s usually my only goal - to make it good enough to hopefully put out there. I just tried to finish what I started, as far as my ideas for the record. Hopefully I was able to do it.”

Source : "Wovenhand". Interview with Matt Fink, www.undertheradarmag.com. October 1, 2006.
“Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.”
“Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life story.”
“You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.”

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