"It seems to me the only pertinent question is: cui bono? It is clear that the size of the privileged strata as a percentage of the whole has grown significantly under historical capitalism. And for these people, the world they know is better on the whole than any their earlier counterparts knew."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#People Quotes #Historical Quotes #Size Quotes

“Abstinence for me is about romance. It has nothing to do with my relationship with God. It's definitely a bonus in that department, but it's nothing spiritual. It's about giving something special to that person you're going to spend the rest of your life with.”
“There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.”
“The only bubble in the flat champagne of February is Valentineâ€™s Day. It was no accident that our ancestors pinned Valentineâ€™s Day on Februaryâ€™s shirt: he or she lucky enough to have a lover in frigid, antsy February has cause for celebration, indeed.”
“When you die, you know, you hear the insistent pounding that defines all things, whether of matter or energy, since there is nothing in the universe, really, but proportion.”
“in a democracy such as ours the leading minds seldom achieve a place of permanent influence. And the men who sit in Congress or even in the White House are usually not our leading minds. They are not the thinkers. Still less have they time for reflection ...”
“The shape of my work's development becomes a little clearer every time I am forced to articulate it.”

Source : Anne Truitt, Audrey Niffenegger (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.122, Simon and Schuster
“People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.”
“I was never going to be one of Nobel prize winners.”

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