"Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds and social positions encounter one another, and bump up against one another, in the course of ordinary life."

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Source : "What Money Can't Buy by Michael Sandel - review" by John Lanchester, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

Michael Sandel

#What Matters Quotes #People Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.”
“I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.”
“The soul of man is not a thing which comes and goes, is builded and decays like the elemental frame in which it is set to dwell, but a very living force, a very energy of God's organic will, which rules and moulds this universe.”
“The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.”
“I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.”
“I swim all the time at night - I've always been a water girl. It's a black-bottom pool and my pool light was out, and as I've done a thousand times I just kind of did a little seal dive. I saw a huge bright light and I literally thought, That's it.”
“I think it's important to have a blend just as we need to have by the way a mix of different opera companies and different arts companies.”
“There are three kinds of people and three kinds of richness: - people who want to have, to collect - people who want action, work and labor - people who want to be The real richness is in be-ness. People can take all that you have, all that you collected. People can stop your labor, or an accident can stop you. When you are, you never lose what you are.”

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