"The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the state. But we have neglected our duty of citizenship, and they have taken advantage of our neglect to seize the reins of government."

-- George Monbiot

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“My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.”

Source : Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”, p.101, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I'm not really a food connoisseur.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises.”
“I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.”

Source : "Lawrence Wright on 'Going Clear'". Interview with Mark Guarino, www.chicagotribune.com. January 18, 2013.
“You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.”
“In the years ahead of me, I learned that the world is actually filled with people ready to tell you how likely something is, and what it means to be realistic. But what I have also learned is that no one, no one truly knows what is possible until they go and do it.”
“There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.”

Source : "We’re Not in New York Anymore" by Ian Crouch, www.newyorker.com. January 8, 2014.
“If I go anywhere where there are people who vaguely look like me, there is always that feeling of, 'Actually I do look quite similar to everyone else.' At moments like that, I become very, very British. My accent gets more clipped, and I stride around as if I've got an empire.”

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