"Memory is a stopgap for humans, for whom time flies and what is passed is passed."

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Umberto Eco

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“With deregulation, one sector of the economy after another is "liberated" to capital's unmonitored authority. The very notion that there is a public interest is contested.”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.
“There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution. Whereas reformists are winning small gains, revolutionaries don't want people to be satisfied with those small victories because they worry this will lead to acceptance of the bigger picture of capitalism domination, and so they find a way to turn every victory into a defeat. In the book, I call for a culture of declaring victory wherever we can.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment.”

Source : "Cosmotheoros". Book by Christiaan Huygens, Book 1, p. 10; As quoted in the English translation "The Celestial Worlds Discover'd" (1722), 1698.
“Green clovers. Blue diamonds. Orange Stars. Pink hearts. Purple horseshoes. Man, I never know if I'm looking at a bowl of cereal or having another acid flashback.”
“One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.”

Source : William McFee (1921). “Harbours of Memory”
“There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park?”
“Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.”
“I don't think there's much chance that the North Koreans would attack Guam or any other territory out of the blue. They would only counterattack if they felt existentially threatened. The questions is, At want point will North Korea feel it is threatened enough to make such a strike? We don't know that yet.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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