"Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production."

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Source : "Capitalism: Hollywood's Miscast Villain". www.wsj.com. June 04, 2010.

Alex Tabarrok

#People Quotes #Hollywood Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“Because we are limited in our knowledge, even the sanest of us are slightly insane. Our limitations are a kind of madness, and we can only choose to deny we are mad, and so descend into a dark spiral of total insanity, or accept we are mad and embark on a quest to regain our true and wholesome sanity”

Source : Dwight Longenecker (2014). “The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty”, p.5, Thomas Nelson
“We would love to see walking groups more widely recommended by physicians, health trainers and nurses.”
“Im not your biggest girly girl.”
“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”
“We hope to reach the whole world, spread a message that the audience can relate to and that will change their mentalities, so that people can co-exist in peace, in love, with a greater sense of solidarity.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.”
“We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.”
“I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1,000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2,500 on a slot machine! It was amazing.”

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