"Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups, already large holders of capital, through official subsidies."

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Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.54, Verso

Immanuel Wallerstein

#Government Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Groups Quotes

“Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.”
“The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.”
“Diamonds are the tears of the poor.”
“Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read and dispute together, should have all the honors, and, if one may say so, the pomp of learning set before them, to call up their ardor. It is their business, and they should apply to it as such.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: In Two Volumes”, p.17
“The sunshine was delightful, the foliage gently astir, more from the activity of birds than from the breeze. One gallant little bird, doubtless lovelorn, was singing his heart out at the top of a tall tree.”
“Science is a search for basic truths about the Universe, a search which develops statements that appear to describe how the Universe works, but which are subject to correction, revision, adjustment, or even outright rejection, upon the presentation of better or conflicting evidence.”
“And if the audience is in a kind of naughty, raunchy mood, then they're going to make naughty, raunchy suggestions and then we take them and we do the scene anyway, and that's part of the fun.”
“I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.”

Source : Agnès Varda, T. Jefferson Kline (2013). “Agnès Varda: Interviews”, p.89, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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