"Marx is thought of as an implacable foe of capitalism. But go back and read the first section of the Communist Manifesto. Notice how it contains a paean of praise for the way capitalism and the bourgeoisie have both enriched the human powers of production and also enabled us to see with clear vision the nature of human society and human history."

-- Allen W. Wood

#Vision Quotes #Bourgeoisie Quotes #Way Quotes

“I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.”

Source : "Marc Quinn interview: Just a load of shock? (2000)". Interview with R.J. Preece, www.artdesigncafe.com. September 15, 2009.
“Australia is a very healthy country which goes along with the fact that it's very high on the Human Development Index, high wealth, good levels of education. So Australia ranks right up there, second or third on the Human Development Index. And Indigenous Australians, if you treated them as if they were a separate country, would rank probably about 100th or below 100.”
“A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.”
“Because isnâ€™t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isnâ€™t that the simple magic phrase?”
“Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary fiction expects the writing to illuminate the human condition, some aspect of our world and our role in it. A reader of genre fiction likes that, too, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of the story.”
“A positive attitude toward life is always better.”
“Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.”
“If you cannot be accused of exclusivity, you are not discipling.”

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