"This splendid book discusses how, in the last two hundred fifty years, large numbers of people have achieved levels of well-being that were previously available only to a few individuals, and how this achievement has given rise to equally unprecedented inequalities. Unique in its focus and scope, exceptional knowledge and coherence, and careful argumentation, The Great Escape is highly illuminating and a delight to read."

-- Thomas Pogge

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“I think that covering a conflict that is personal, that influences your very own, your family, gives you some perspectives.As a journalist, when I fly in, I care about every place I go including conflicts.”
“Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.”
“But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.”

Source : James Ingram Merrill (2004). “Collected Prose”, Knopf
“We've confused the cost of lifestyle with the cost of living. We've lost our perspective.”
“The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.”
“And war is wonderful, isn't it? For it's war, isn't it, that the Americans have been preparing for and are preparing for this way step by step. In order to defend this senseless manufacture from all competition that could not fail to arise on all sides.”
“One girl, actually, in the UK â€” it was a really small show in Wales â€” a girl came up to me and said that because of one of my songs she was still alive. Sheâ€™d decided not to commit suicide. It was a really emotional moment.”
“The temptation many creative people I know have is to strive for popularity. To make, do, and say things that other people like in the hopes of pleasing them. This motivation is nice. And sometimes the end result is good. But often what happens in trying so hard to please other people, especially many other people, the result is mediocre.”

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