"The economic owning class is always the political ruling class."

-- Eugene V. Debs

#Class Quotes #Political Quotes #Economic Quotes

“When you allegorize, you're gonna get everybody saved somehow.”
“Given so much, What have I done to Deserve it? Nothing, Absolutely nothing. No wonder my heart Dances.”
“Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.”
“I just want to make people laugh, and I want to do that the best way possible.”

Source : "Exclusive: Michaela Watkins 'Shocked' by 'SNL' Firing". Interview with Michael Ausiello, ew.com. September 04, 2009.
“Looking into it a bit, Jamie found that the model used by Wall Street to price LEAPs, the Black-Scholes option pricing model, made some strange assumptions.”
“I sat down in 1989 and I made up my mind at that point that I was going to spend the rest of my life assisting women and youth to gain social and political empowerment through business and education. I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.”

Source : "Joyce Banda: 'I want Malawians to say our country became a better place'" by Lucy Lamble, Nick Francis and Marc Francis, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2012.
“When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.”

Source : "Me and my travels". Interview with Helen Ochyra, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.
“When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold, firm ground in a bog.”

Source : Miles Franklin (1984). “The End of My Career”

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