"Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological destruction. Half of humanity goes to bed hungry because of all the realistic leaders in the world. I tell people who call me 'unrealistic' to show me what their realism has done. Realism is an outdated, overplayed and wholly exaggerated concept."

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Source : "Soul man" by John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2008.

Satish Kumar

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Leader Quotes

“I've got thick skin and an elastic heart”

Source : "Song: 'Elastic Heart'". 2013.
“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.”
“We begin to realize we are energy itself with all of its inherent possibilities.”
“One of the things I find about getting older is that I seem to get louder, more voluble; that I constantly have to walk around repressing my vitality.”
“He was in a slow-motion mood-one of my favorites, though it meant i'd be driven crazy before we were done.”
“I've been incredibly blessed.”
“To give one can of beer to a thousand people is not nearly as much fun as to give 1,000 cans of beer to one guy. You give a thousand people a can of beer and each of them will drink it, smack his lips and go back to watching the game. You give 1,000 cans to one guy, and there is always the outside possibility that 50,000 people will talk about it.”

Source : Bill Veeck, Ed Linn (2012). “Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck”, p.341, University of Chicago Press
“You cannot put it all in God's hands. God is busy.”

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