"The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals."

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Source : William Blum (2003). “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II”, p.20, Zed Books

William Blum

#Giving Quotes #Tables Quotes #Principles Quotes

“Prove to the world that you are alive, let your words breathe life into the nostrils of the universe.”
“In the long run, all I care about is making good music & not wasting time being in the public eye.”
“Don't be afraid. Human birth is full of suffering and one has to endure everything patiently, taking the Name of God. None, not even God in human form can escape the sufferings of the body and mind.”

Source : "Thus Spake the Holy Mother" by Sarada Devi, (pp. 72-73), 1985.
“Generally biobanking is really designed more for urban areas, with the offsets being offered in non-urban areas. It may be able to help in some circumstances, but it depends a lot on what we're talking about here. But biobanking does allow for offsets in relation to a specific species, as well as specific ecological communities as well as land. It's quite a flexible tool.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.”
“I love realism. I don't like plastics. Deep down inside we're all the same.”
“To be honest I always have to say no one is guiding me better than God”
“As for the blood and the head business, the blood and the head work together and what is not first in the blood can sometimes reach it by going first through the head and what is wrong in the blood can sometimes be tempered by the head.”

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