"Economic theology is the opiate of the middle classes."

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Source : Thurman Wesley Arnold (1950). “The Folklore of Capitalism”, p.16, Transaction Publishers

Thurman Arnold

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“For a long time, my life has not been quote-unquote normal. And I'm OK with that, because what I'm trying to do is something that's above and beyond, that not very many people in America or the world have achieved at all. So, I don't mind that my life is so hectic and crazy.”

Source : "Past wins aside, Mariel Zagunis still driven". Interview with Bonnie D. Ford, www.espn.com. December 8, 2011.
“Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.”

Source : Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller”, p.115
“The arrows are from her dowry.”
“I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.”
“When I started Go Daddy, I tried many things - like building networks and selling education - and none of it panned out. I lost millions of dollars the first couple of years. I made a lot of wrong turns, but that's the process of being successful in business.”
“Make life your playground, not your battlefield.”
“I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.”

Source : Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. July 22, 2010.
“I want my legacy to be greater freedom, greater prosperity and a better way of life for my family, our employees and all Americans. And I wish the same for every nation on earth.”

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