"From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits, the overwhelming tendency must be to see people as units of production, as indices in your accountants' books."

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Source : "Still irresistible, a working-class hero's finest speech". www.independent.co.uk. August 12, 2010.

Jimmy Reid

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes

“A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.”
“There's a moment when you say, "Okay, I'm not going to become a dancer. I'm not going to become a painter." So in a sense, I ended up writing about those big conflicts that I felt.”
“We have a job to do. After the fight, I'll love him.”
“I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quoâ€¦ to give a voice to the people the major candidates were ignoring. What I hope most is that now there will be others who will feel themselves as capable of running for high political office as any wealthy, good-looking white male.”

Source : "The Good Fight". Book by Shirley Chisholm, 1973.
“I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.”
“There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.”

Source : "Actors Whitford, Kaczmarek: Cheeseheads united", www.cnn.com. July 5, 2001.
“I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.”
“The simplest and most practical lesson I know is to resolve to be good today, but better tomorrow.”

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