"Our thesis is that the idea of a self-adjusting market implied a stark utopia. Such an institution could not exist for any length of time without annihilating the human and natural substance of society; it would have physically destroyed man and transformed his surroundings into a wilderness."

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Source : Karl Polanyi (1957). “The Great Transformation”, Beacon Pr

Karl Polanyi

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“In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.”
“Belief is only the beginning...”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 29, 2015
“He who has no confidence utters falsehoods, and he who utters falsehoods has no confidence.”
“He who hath many friends hath none.”
“We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home seeking to enact this wisdom as best we can in our daily lives.”
“God gives everyone the same amount of talent. It's just up to you to korek (dig).”
“The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are the most important facets of it.”
“Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill tyrants involves rather more chance of losing a king than of being relieved of a tyrant.”

Source : William Archibald Dunning (1972). “A History of Political Theories”

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