"A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate "efficiency" and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods."

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Source : "Dreaming of War". "The Nation", October 15, 2001.

Ellen Willis

#Government Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Lines Quotes

“The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.”
“This is nothing. The last couple of batches of [Hillary Clinton's] emails have revealed exactly nothing. Now, who is pushing this notion that there was a quid pro quo in the State Department?”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“In the beginning, I had to trust that these acrobats were great at what they did and that they wouldn't come crashing down on my head. But our company is the best of the best; they can do everything. That's been the most exciting part of the show-incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our Pippin.”
“Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing the length of a third weekly run-the long run-anyone can finish a marathon.”
“I hold the ratchet unorthodox. Pernell Whittaker, I'm duckin' all sorts of shots”
“My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar”
“I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general uprising against the Taliban.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Nobody knew who I was.”

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