"A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor."

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Source : Linda McQuaig (1996). “Shooting the hippo: death by deficit and other Canadian myths”

Linda McQuaig

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“I particularly like the catchphrase of Leonardo Da Vinci: Ostinato Rigore! (Which means, pretty much, Relentless Rigor).”
“The human being who acts is the human being who lives.”

Source : "Theatre: A Way of Seeing". Book by Milly S. Barranger, p. 203, 2014.
“Several renowned scientists have been predicting for some time that the world could enter a period of cooling right around now, with consequences that could be dire.”
“Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh.”
“Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.”
“My uncle was the first one in my family to get a telephone. It was like going to the moon. He came running over to tell us, and we were so proud. A telephone! We didn't have to go to the candy store to phone any more. We went around telling everyone. But we didn't hear from my uncle for three days, so my father got worried. He said, Let's go over there. We got there, and my uncle was very depressed. I asked, What's the matter? He said, I got a telephone and nobody called me. He didn't give his number out - he didn't know that you had to!”
“I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.”
“Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.”

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