"Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction of humanity's use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature"

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Source : Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

Naomi Klein

#War Quotes #Law Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I cannot afford to have. I don't see how people ever have money enough to live here.”
“It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.”
“How come someone always saves the people who try to kill themselves and then makes them tell everyone how sorry they are for ruining their evening? I keep feeling like everyone wants me to apologize for something. but I'm not going to. I don't have anything to apologize for. They're the ones who screwed everything up. Not me. I didn't ask to be saved.”
“There were a billion lights out there on the horizon and I knew that all of them put together weren't enough to light the darkness in the hearts of some men.”

Source : Michael Connelly (2009). “The Scarecrow”, p.100, Hachette UK
“One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.”

Source : "In 'Sliver Of Sky,' Barry Lopez Confronts Childhood Sexual Abuse". 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 10, 2013.
“My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.”

Source : "Outkast Is A State Of Mind". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 8, 2012.
“I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against some of the funnier comedies this year. I think it's genuinely really funny, but it's out of the gallows.”

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