"Much of the criticism of economic globalization has centered on factory labor abuses. But the majority of the world's poor are not employed in factories; they are self-employed - as peasant farmers, rural peddlers, urban hawkers, and small producers, usually involved in agriculture and small trade in the world's vast "informal" economy ."

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Source : David Bornstein (2007). “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition”, p.156, Oxford University Press

David Bornstein

#Self Quotes #Agriculture Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.”
“No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.”

Source : Catherine Marshall (2002). “Dearest mother, dearest friend: Godly inspiration from the jounals and letters of Catherine Marshall”
“Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.”
“Most technology companies are culturally inept. They're never going to get curation right.”

Source : "Jimmy Iovine Is Going To Be Awesome For Apple" by Steve Kovach, www.businessinsider.com. May 9, 2014.
“We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.”
“The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty.”

Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”
“Every apartment devoted to the circulation of the glass, may be regarded as a temple set apart for the performance of human sacrifices. And they ought to be fitted up like the ancient temples in Egypt, in a manner to show the real atrocity of the superstition that is carried on within their walls.”
“I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.”

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