"Indeed the three policy pillars of the neoliberal age-privatization of the public sphere, deregulation of the corporate sector, and the lowering of income and corporate taxes, paid for with cuts to public spending-are each incompatible with many of the actions we must take to bring our emissions to safe levels."

-- Naomi Klein

#Cutting Quotes #Age Quotes #Deregulation Quotes

“I'm not supposed to talk about the snail. The snail is, well, congratulations to whoever noticed it. It's supposed to be a thing where you gotta look for it in every episode, and it's there three times in every episode.”
“Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on creating hungers which its wares never satisfy, and thus it adds to the frustrations and broken minds of our times.”
“The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.”
“It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )”
“A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.”
“What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.”

Source : Nancy Horan (2012). “Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.320, Ballantine Books
“I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.”
“When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker around me, I forget my bereavement, The gap in the great constellation, The place where a star used to be”

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