"Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills."

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Source : Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.22, Harvard University Press

Thomas Piketty

#Skills Quotes #Long Quotes #Favors Quotes

“If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other.”

Source : Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet.”
“Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.”
“I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds.”
“If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom.”
“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
“If we are in tune with the Spirit, if we are seeking the Lord and His guidance, if our direction is to return to our Father in Heaven, the sweet moments will come. And we will treasure them, for we have become instruments in the hands of God”
“I think I am a rare breed, a homosexual who doesn't like men.”

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