"A second variety concentrated on presumed major transformations of the capitalist system as of some recent point in time, in which the whole earlier point of time served as a mythologized foil against which to treat the empirical reality of the present."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Reality Quotes #Transformation Quotes #Treats Quotes

“Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.”
“I enjoy every win that I have. Every win gives me satisfaction, because all the girls are competitive and the tour is so even and tough.”
“No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future”
“There is nothing that our God cannot do. He will do everything if you will dare to believe.”
“I told my kids I just want three words on my tombstone, if I have one. I'll probably be cremated. One is "woman." I'm very comfortable in that role. I've loved being a woman, I've loved being a mother, I've loved being a grandmother. I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.”
“The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.”

Source : "Libraries cater for the middle classes, not the deprived, says John Redwood" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2011.
“Maybe all the secrets of life were written on the surface of leaves, waiting to be translated. If I touched them long enough, I might be given some information no one else had.”

Source : FaceBook post by Silas House from Jun 24, 2013
“But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.”

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