"Toward the end of the Cold War, capitalism created a military horror: the neutron bomb, a weapon that destroys life while leaving buildings intact. During the Fourth World War, however, a new wonder has been discovered: the financial bomb. Unlike those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this new bomb not only destroys the polis (here, the nation), imposing death, terror, and misery on those who live there, but also transforms its target into just another piece in the puzzle of economic globalization."

-- Subcomandante Marcos

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.”
“I am Welsh by birth, English by education, and European by nature.”
“We need to invest in all energy sources, including coal and shale.”
“I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.”

Source : John Jay Chapman, Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (1937). “John Jay Chapman and his letters ...”
“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”
“It is one of the great charms of books that they have to end.”

Source : Frank Kermode (2000). “The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction with a New Epilogue”, p.21, Oxford University Press
“When you live on Cold Mountain long enough the autumns pass quickly When you live alone you have no worries When you leave the doors open no one bothers you The bubbling stream runs forever In the cave a clay pot boils over a fire on the ground A wandering breeze stirs the fragrant pines When hungry I eat one simple meal And lean against the rock in complete harmony”
“Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.”

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