"We live in a capitalist system; anyone who believes they are above this system or purer than this system, even while shopping at the cute organic market across the street or taking a hiking vacation to Guatemala, is certifiable."

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Source : "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Capitalist". Interview with Benjamin Samuel, www.gelfmagazine.com. January 19, 2009.

Katy Lederer

#Cute Quotes #Believe Quotes #Vacation Quotes

“Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.”
“Because of the way I've made my money or the way I've conducted myself in public to get success, it doesn't make me any better a person. So I always thought money and achievement would make me a more legitimate person, where my family seems to think it's all about actions.”
“But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.”
“An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.”

Source : Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.138, Bantam
“Scientists are trying to invent Viagra for women. It's been along for years... it's called cash.”
“Consider the wheelbarrow. It may lack the grace of an airplane, the speed of an automobile, the initial capacity of a freight car, but its humble wheel marked out the path of what civilization we still have.”
“Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.”
“Nature, after all, is not so poor that she requires constant improvement”

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