"Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned by unbearably painful crises that made most people wish they could recoil into the past."

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Source : Yanis Varoufakis (2015). “The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy”, p.29, Zed Books Ltd.

Yanis Varoufakis

#Past Quotes #People Quotes #Wish Quotes

“In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create. It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Our knowledge and understanding of nonhuman animals is polluted far more than we acknowledge by our belief in our own superiority, our unrecognized cultural programming, and our separation from nature.”
“Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.”
“The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.”
“If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.”
“It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I think the USA is ready for that challenge!”
“I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom`s around I let her do it.”

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