"Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence."

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Source : Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.259, Harvard University Press

Thomas Piketty

#Wealth Quotes #Existence Quotes

“I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.”
“I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.”
“Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.”
“God can get tiny, if we're not careful.”

Source : Greg Boyle (2011). “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion”, p.19, Simon and Schuster
“Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he'll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.”
“The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.”
“This rule is so underrated: Keep your family and business completely separated.”
“I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.”

Source : "Dwight Howard: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. October 17, 2011.

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