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Annia Ciezadlo

"If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread."

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Annia Ciezadlo

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“Because we are intelligent creatures-meaning that we are freed from instinctive and patterned behavior to a degree unparalleled in the animal kingdom-we are capable of, and dependent on, using rational choice to decide our futures.”
“One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.
“Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?”
“One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.”
“If peace is to come, it must be peace within your own mind and heart. If hatred is to die, you must scotch it within yourself. If intelligence is to triumph, you must be intelligent. There is no other pathway, no other salvation.”
“People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved.”

Source : "How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One". Book by Stanley Fish, 2011.
“When the Lord instills hope and faith and peace and assurance in people, they can bring great things to pass. This, then, is often what we should look for when we ask for help-not a miracle to solve our problem for us, but a miracle inside, to help us come to the solution ourselves, with the Lord's help and the Lord's power.”
“Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.”

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