"I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states."

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Jeane Kirkpatrick

#Thinking Quotes #Modern Quotes #States Quotes

“There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor.”

Source : Arianna Huffington (2014). “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder”, p.22, Harmony
“Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.”
“I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual, a man without name or country, a man whom I respect because he has absolutely nothing in common with you - MYSELF. Tonight I shall meditate upon that which I am.”
“We realize that by criticizing Jewish fundamentalism we are criticizing a part of the past that we love. We wish that members of every human grouping would criticize their own past, even before criticizing others.”

Source : "Jewish Fundamentalism In Israel". Book by Israel Shahak, 1997.
“The future is not in the hands of fate but in ours.”

Source : Jean Jules Jusserand (1933). “What me befell: the reminiscences of J. J. Jusserand ...”, Ayer Co Pub
“Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.'”
“Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever.”

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