"Just imagine, more than half of the young people in the European Union do not have jobs. How can one explain that? How can one explain that to a working family, that produces goods and services, those who produce the olive oil that is a a main source of food in any European country? They humbly work the land with great effort and then the little resources they had saved in banks have now become dust simply because they did not have the means to withstand inflation produced by the adjustment policies."

-- Alejandro Castro Espin

#Country Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Mean Quotes

“There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.”

Source : "War Is A Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.
“I found a piece of paradise to call my own, and life is worth living again, for to love you, to me, is to live.”
“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
“The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.”

Source : "Edward Snowden: NSA whistleblower answers reader questions". The Guardian live Q&A, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2013.
“When ypu awaken love and laughter in your life, your mind lets go of fear and anxiety, and your happy spirit becomes the healing balm that transforms every aspect of your human experience.”

Source : Jesse Dylan (2009). “The Good Life with Jesse Dylan: Redefining Your Health with the Greatest Visionaries of Our Time”, p.10, John Wiley & Sons
“In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it with no agenda, only an appreciation that becomes participation: 'I love looking at this birch' becomes 'I am this birch' and then 'I and this birch are opening to a mystery that transcends and holds us both.”
“A man who has never been hungry may possess a more refined palate, but he has no idea what it means to eat.”

Source : Harry Mulisch (2011). “The Assault”, p.43, Pantheon
“You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.”

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