"The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what democracy is, and will be."

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Source : "Towards a Canada of Light". Book by B. W. Powe, 2006.

B. W. Powe

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“To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality.”
“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”
“The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it.”

Source : Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”
“To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy.”
“Technically, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic ties 50 years ago, but this wasn't included in the Normalization Treaty because forced prostitution, coerced sex just was taboo to even talk about.”

Source : "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.
“The best part is getting to the top 'cause the pain's all over.”
“When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an astrophysicist and astronaut like Sally Ride, or a zoologist like Jane Goodall. Instead, they look to someone like Madonna...”
“Sex is still the leading cause of pregnancy.”

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