"Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth..."

-- Tim Jackson

#Growth Quotes #Economic Quotes #Myth Quotes

“The course of the line we indicated as forming our grandest terrestrial fold [along the shores of Japan] returns upon itself. It is an endless fold, an endless band, the common possession of two sciences. It is geological in origin, geographical in effect. It is the wedding ring of geology and geography, uniting them at once and for ever in indissoluble union.”
“Empty space is a boiling, bubbling brew of virtual particles that pop in and out of existence in a time scale so short that you can't even measure them.”
“In love, be willing to fight for them, but never compete.”
“My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. Itâ€™s no matter that this dye doesnâ€™t fool you. My lady, you donâ€™t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little.”
“Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.”

Source : Eric J. Hobsbawm (1971). “Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries”, p.60, Manchester University Press
“And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.”
“I watch a lot of TV. I love nothing more than having a good TV show on DVD, to just plow through.”

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