"Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates."

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Source : María Mies, Vandana Shiva (1993). “Ecofeminism”, Zed Books

#Nature Quotes #Food Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Existence is movement. Action is movement. Existence is defined by the rhythm of forces in natural balance. (...) It is our appreciation for dance that allows us to see clearly the rhythms of nature and to take natural rhythm to a plane of well-organised art and culture.”
“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.”
“Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity.”
“you could have forgiven my committing a sin if you hadn't feared that I had a committed a pleasure as well.”
“The work of the world is common as mud.”
“Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.”

Source : "Al Sharpton’s Heated Clash With Tim Huelskamp", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2012.
“I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.”
“We've tried to use some visual motifs [in Beauty and the Beast]. As far as the cinematography and the lensing and all that, we are presenting a different view into that world. It's a little sleeker, but we're keeping the gothic feel underneath it.”

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