"The purpose of every industrial revolution is to make craft and skills obsolete, and thereby make people interchangeable and cheap."

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Source : Greg Palast (2003). “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons and High-finance Fraudsters”, Constable & Robinson

Greg Palast

#Skills Quotes #People Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.”
“To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.”
“I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.”
“I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The elks live up in the hills and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come down to the water hole. And you should see them run when they find that it's only a water hole. What they're looking for is elk-ohole.”
“Humility begins with seeing who God is, seeing yourself compared to God, and then seeing yourself as God sees you.”
“Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.”
“Anything you think of doing, however insignificant, should be done immediately. Spur yourself on and carry it through without becoming discouraged. If this becomes an ingrained habit, things you thought were impossible will become possible, and closed doors will open, as you will discover in many ways.”

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