"Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation."

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C. L. R. James

#Historical Quotes #Today Quotes #Commodity Quotes

“Telling our stories is what saves us. The story is enough... The very act of storytelling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of narrative is, by definition, holy.”

Source : James Carroll (1997). “An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us”, p.283, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“We don't teach our children how to dream.”
“Take love easy, as the leaves grow on the trees.”

Source : Mary Stewart (1998). “Rose Cottage”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated
“It's true about the running water. You can hear anything you want to in it.”
“In London, there is a section in a newspaper, the Metro, where people write in and thank strangers for their lovely or kind actions throughout the week. It brings me such happiness reading it and makes me know that, ultimately, human beings are amazing.”
“When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is however always important to remember that the ability to see things in their correct perspective may be, and often is, divorced from the ability to reason correctly and vice versa. That is why a man may be a very good theorist and yet talk absolute nonsense....”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.76, Routledge
“Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.”

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