"The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago"

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Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

Miguel Syjuco

#Tyrants Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Tails Quotes

“As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience...Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time.”
“I am most scared of being bored”
“In the course of interviewing, I've discovered that if you don't give your guest something to react to, they don't react. They simply say what they've been saying every time they've been interviewed. The last thing you want is to have people say to you what they've said to someone else.”

Source : Interview with Sarah Fay, believermag.com. June 2010.
“I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.”
“I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.”
“As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more than the old church steeple minds the rooks cawing about it.”
“I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun.”
“I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.”

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