"The default assumption is that - financial crises aside - growth will continue indefinitely. Not just for the poorest countries, where a better quality of life is undeniably needed, but even for the richest nations where the cornucopia of material wealth adds little to happiness and is beginning to threaten the foundations of our wellbeing."

-- Tim Jackson

#Country Quotes #Growth Quotes #Quality Quotes

“God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us”
“Be curious, learn and read as much as you can about food. Don't worry about making money. Focus on learning at various venues before you settle down for a steady position.”
“In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and unnatural condition. At all events we may firstly observe in living creatures both a despotical and a constitutional rule; for the soul rules the body with a despotical rule, whereas the intellect rules the appetites with a constitutional and royal rule. And it is clear that the rule of the soul over the body, and of the mind and the rational element over the passionate, is natural and expedient; whereas the equality of the two or the rule of the inferior is always hurtful.”
“One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of His power.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.64, Heart of Dixie Publishing
“For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.”
“Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's so universal. Humor doesn't always travel to other countries, but horror does.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.”

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