"I would speculate that a critical mass of the population has to internalize a middle class outlook first. International aid experience has demonstrated many times that just building railroads doesn't get you there. You need people ready to sue them."

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Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

Charles R. Morris

#Class Quotes #People Quotes #Population Quotes

“Destiny and fate are of oneâ€™s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.”
“I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.”

Source : Have His Carcase ch. 4 (1932)
“What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?”
“I never realized how many holidays encroached on the collegiate training schedule. When I was training for the Olympics, only one holiday interested me, the Day After the Games.”
“O white-robed Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with iron pen the words of truth, that all who pass may read.”
“Hollywood has always been a cage...a cage to catch our dreams”
“In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model,”

Source : "BlackBerry CEO Questions Future of Tablets". Bloomberg Technology, April 30, 2013.
“You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.”

Source : "Pretty vacant" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2006.

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