"The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force."

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Source : "Against Empire". Book by Michael Parenti, May 1995.

Michael Parenti

#Essence Quotes #Luxury Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“When people think of angels, they think flowing robes and halos. But in the Bible, they also look like ordinary people. Why not today?”

Source : Joan Wester Anderson (2009). “In the Arms of Angels: True Stories of Heavenly Guardians”, p.26, Loyola Press
“Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime example of this. Instead of choosing to acquire the land, the State asked the private parties to negotiate with the landowners directly. The State merely acted as an arbitrator.”
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.”
“Looking beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.”
“I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.”

Source : "Dana Carvey talks parenting, “SNL” and Carlmont High cross country". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, blog.sfgate.com. April 30, 2010.
“English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.”

Source : "The Saturday interview: Kevin Keegan" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2011.
“Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.”
“I'm very much inspired by the Latin music, especially the romantic boleros. Not that when I sit to write a play I listen to boleros. But I think it's part of my DNA, it's part of my upbringing. I grew up in a house where this is the kind of music my parents used to listen to. This is the kind of music I would even hear in my neighborhood. I think that sort of romanticism is part of the culture.”

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