"protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq to take advantage of the reconstruction were part of a vast protectionist racket whereby the U.S. government had created their markets with war, barred their competitors from even entering the race, then paid them to do the work, while guaranteeing them a profit to boot - all at taxpayer expense."

-- Naomi Klein

#War Quotes #Government Quotes #Iraq Quotes

“Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.”
“Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president.”
“We do not experience things as they really are! We experience things only through a filter and that filter determines what information will enter our awareness and what will be rejected. If we change the filter (our belief system), then we automatically experience the world in a completely different way.”

Source : David Wolfe (2012). “The Sunfood Diet Success System”, p.50, North Atlantic Books
“Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.”

Source : "Jools Holland: why I'm happy just to play the blues". Interview with Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2011.
“In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. It is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.”
“Like sex drives, card tricks, and the weather, computers tend to be discussed in terms of results rather than processes, which makes them rather scary.”

Source : Martin Mayer (1968). “All You Know is Facts”
“I think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fine by me.”
“From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition of buildings with paving, landform, water, vegetation and climate.”

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