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Peter Dicken

"In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than a very restricted financial function. London, in that sense, is akin to the notorious upas tree, a fabulous Javanese tree so poisonous that it destroys all life for many miles around itself."

Source : Peter Dicken (2003). “Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century”, p.467, SAGE

Peter Dicken

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“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
“People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only speaking for myself now, but I've stopped asking why and how. It's all about surrender and acceptance. It doesn't matter why I am an addict.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves. I wonder if there is infinity within.”
“â€ŽHe often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.”
“I always resented Tom [Hardy] for turning up on Band Of Brothers and getting the girl â€” in fact, the only girl in a cast of hundreds of smelly men! I, on the other hand, spent eight months with my face squashed up against someone elseâ€™s backside in one sodden trench after another. And it looks as if Tom might have got the girl again [in Colditz], damn his eyes.”
“Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.”
“That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.”

Source : Finley Peter Dunne (1963). “Mr. Dooley on Ivryting and Ivrybody”, Dover Publications
“You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.”

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