"We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very rich have seen their tax burden lighten in ways not seen in three or four decades. It's a face of a country that we need to look at and understand that inequality is perhaps the greatest threat to our economic recovery and democracy, and in that context we must take action."

-- Katrina vanden Heuvel

#Country Quotes #Recovery Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?”

Source : Hilda Conkling (1929). “Poems by a Little Girl”, p.14, Library of Alexandria
“I'd never seen anything more beautiful - even as I ran, gasping and screaming, I could appreciate that. And the last seven months meant nothing. And his words in the forest meant nothing. And it did not matter if he did not want me. I would never want anything but him, no matter how long I lived.”
“You're nothing but a product. And what's this product called? Emptiness, dude, that's what it's called. And for the rest of your life, they sell you over and over, right to the end when they package you one last time and plant you in the ground.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2014). “The Spectacular Now”, p.83, Scholastic UK
“The first willing concert I went to was Aerosmith when I was like 14.”
“Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.”
“American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.”
“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.”

Source : James Allen, Napoleon Hill, Benjamin Franklin, Wallace Delois Wattles (2011). “Automatic Wealth: The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”, p.20, BookBaby
“The thing about a theory in science is it allows you make predictions. Evolutionary theory allows us to predict what apples will taste good next harvest.”

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