"Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is."

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Source : "Panic of the Plutocrats". www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2011.

Paul Krugman

#Hysteria Quotes #Benefits Quotes #Favors Quotes

“And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.”
“If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.”
“I guarantee you I'm not going to forget your voice. We're going to run into each other down the road sometime, and when we do I'm going to pop you apart one rivet at a time." "There's the monster. Hello, monster.”
“I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's not paycheck at the end; it's more of a "whatever is left over" kind of situation. Also, it keeps me from thinking about my creativity as a business, which it is not. It should remain pure; that's one of the reasons I made music in the first place.”
“You can't stop rock-n-roll!”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 21, 2016
“Something inside me twists as I remember another voice. Rue. In the arena. When I gave her the leg of groosling. â€œOh, I've never had a whole leg to myself before.â€ The disbelief of the chronically hungry.”
“Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.”
“Many fairy tales and ballads present us with animals who are nobler, truer, and kinder than the greedy human beings who desire to possess them. I guess I tend to read these stories as very early (and possibly unconscious) feminist texts.”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com

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