"Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, however, they can each generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year."

-- Chris Hedges

#Color Quotes #Years Quotes #Jail Quotes

“When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.”
“All of us are products of our childhood.”
“Being injured sucks. When you see all your buddies out there playing it's tough.”
“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”

Source : Djuna Barnes, Thomas Stearns Eliot (2006). “Nightwood”, p.125, New Directions Publishing
“... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.”
“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
“Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have failed to find any normal outlet for their emotions, and are therefore soured and disappointed beings. This is probably not true of any suffragist, and it is most certainly not true of me. My home life and relations have been as nearly ideal as possible in this imperfect world.”
“I'm a big fan of the artist Parra, and the way he draws naked women is really cool to see. It doesn't look perverted, it just looks really awesome.”

Source : "Take Cover: Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 10, 2011.

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