"It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people."

-- Tarja Halonen

#Law Quotes #People Quotes #Globalization Quotes

“Maybe today we aren't being told that our brains are not capable of such things [like programming], but we [as a women] are being told that we are not good enough or smart enough or that our successes do not belong to us.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.”
“Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time.”
“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
“It is ironic that the scientific facts throw Darwin out, but leave William Paley, a figure of fun to the scientific world for more than a century, still in the tournament with a chance of being the ultimate winner... Indeed, such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.”
“To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion.”
“During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that...”
“A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.”

Source : "Beyond Freedom and Dignity". Book by B. F. Skinner, 1972.

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