"Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear."

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Source : Eric Burns (1995). “The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader”

Eric Burns

#Book Quotes #Men Quotes #Hoe Quotes

“Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of low wages, and that the possible good to be achieved by such a law can exceed the possible harm only in proportion as its aims are modest. The more ambitious such a law is, the larger the number of workers it attempts to cover, and the more it attempts to raise their wages, the more likely are its harmful effects to exceed its good effects.”
“...children born today-in both the industrialized world and developing countries-will live longer and be healthier, they will get more food, a better education, a higher standard of living, more leisure time and far more possibilities-without the global environment being destroyed.”
“I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.”
“Every time I break out of what is expected of me and do what feels right, I feel stronger.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.285, Simon and Schuster
“I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.”
“Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.”
“Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues.”

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