"They [Harvard academia] liked the poor, but didn't like the smell of the poor."

-- Chris Hedges

#Smell Quotes #Academia Quotes #Poor Quotes

“The moment is freedom. â€” I couldnâ€™t live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them.”
“Reason as an organ for perceiving the true nature of reality and determining the guiding principles of our lives has come to be regarded as obsolete.”

Source : Max Horkheimer (2013). “Eclipse of Reason”, p.11, A&C Black
“Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.”
“In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject.”
“Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.”
“I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.”
“Dreams are at the foundation of all religions.”
“Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen.”

Source : Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1992). “The Astonishing World: Essays”, Houghton Mifflin

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