"Capitalism lures us onward like the mechanical hare before the greyhounds, insisting that the economy is infinite and sharing therefore irrelevant. Just enough greyhounds catch a real hare now and then to keep the others running till they drop. In the past it was only the poor who lost this game; now it is the planet."

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Source : Ronald Wright (2010). “A Short History Of Progress”, p.124, Canongate Books

Ronald Wright

#Running Quotes #Real Quotes #Past Quotes

“Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.”

Source : Pleasures of Hope pt. 1, l. 7 (1799).
“Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.”
“Try to comprehend the unity of all; there is one God, and all are one in Him. If we can but bring home to ourselves the unity of that Eternal Love, there will be no more sorrow for us; for we shall realize, not for ourselves alone but for those whom we love, that whether we live or die, we are the Lord's, and that in Him we live and move and have our being, whether it be in this world or in the world to come.”

Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1920). “The Science of the Sacraments”
“Challenges are the key in life. You always have to challenge yourself and try to get to different states.”
“In 1999, Purdue Pharma the maker of OxyContin went on a massive marketing campaign. Back then, prescription opioids were only used in extreme cases - post surgery, end of life care, cancer pain. We use a clip from an ad in the film where they had a doctor saying, "Less than 1 percent of people who use prescription opioid long-term will become addicted" - that changed the mindset of physicians across the country.”
“And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.”
“If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.”
“I think the best piece of advice that I would give is beauty is really just - I know it sounds cheesy - being true to who you are. Beauty is not something that is acquired necessarily through like makeup or clothing.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

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