"If Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' were alive today, he would recognize the ethic that has informed capitalist and communist countries alike - economic growth before public health and well-being. The true enemies of the people ar those who continue to sacrifice our long-term interests for short-term gains. But perhaps we should all look in the mirror."

-- Susannah York

#Country Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“The world is changing so quickly, with mobile stuff and different platforms emerging, that I think it's more likely that the biggest competitor for Facebook is someone that we haven't heard of. What that means for us is that we should just really stay focused on what we're doing.”
“In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.”
“Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil.”

Source : Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage”, p.176, Princeton University Press
“It is not truth, justice, liberty, that men seek; they seek only themselves. - And oh, that they knew how to seek themselves aright!”
“The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.”
“The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.”

Source : "The Murderer". Short story by Ray Bradbury, 1953.
“The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' portrays the spirit you feel in India. For those who haven't been there, the film says it all.”
“Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.”

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