"Consumerism is hard to describe when it's the ocean and we're the plankton."

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Source : Geoffrey Miller (2009). “Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior”, p.8, Penguin

Geoffrey Miller

#Ocean Quotes #Consumerism Quotes #Plankton Quotes

“We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.”
“One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent”

Source : Julie Garwood (2011). “The Secret”, p.234, Penguin
“I feel really lucky that, in my career, I've gotten a chance to explore a lot of different genres and kinds of films.”

Source : "Ali Larter Interview RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 3, 2010.
“Death takes away the commonplace of life.”
“People think, 'Jack, you do too much.”
“Seriously, in 2008 we elected a community organizer, state senator, college instructor first term senator over a guy who spent five years in a Vietnamese prison. And now he's lecturing us about how America's gone "soft"? Really?”
“Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence.”
“I do think I'm lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen.”

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