"We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise, American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power, our oil areas and our timber limits."

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Source : Sara Jeannette Duncan (2010). “The Imperialist”, p.306, New Canadian Library

Sara Jeannette Duncan

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“I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.”
“Cries of despair, misery, sobbing grief are a kind of wealth.”
“Violence [in Palestina] is a symptom; the occupation is the disease - a mortal disease for everybody concerned, the occupied and the occupiers. Therefore, the first responsibility is to put an end to the occupation.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour”
“The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.”
“I fire people that win gold medals, great champions, everything else, and, you know, it's not - it's not easy. People say oh well it comes easy for me, it doesn't. And it's never fun. It's all to easier though when I don't like somebody or when they're really, really bad then it becomes much easier.”
“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.”

Source : Marie Lu (2011). “Legend”, p.245, Penguin
“How can someone say they're successful if they're not happy doing their work?”

Source : "Job Satisfaction vs. a Big Paycheck" by Phyllis Korkki, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2010.

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