"The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet. And we wonder why terrorists attack us."

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Source : John Perkins (2004). “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, p.12, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

John Perkins

#War Quotes #Iraq Quotes #Water Quotes

“We simulated the predator with livestock and the perennial grassland returned. Just put the whole back, and there it was. You'll find the scientific method never discovers anything. Observant, creative people make discoveries. But the scientific method protects us from cranks like me.”
“For me, victory isn't measured by winning in the traditional sense.”
“The next darwin is more likely to be a data wonk than a naturalist wandering through an exotic landscape.”

Source : David Weinberger (2014). “Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room”, p.195, Basic Books
“Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved”
“In a world like this one, only the random makes sense.”
“You can delay but you can't deny.”
“We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.”

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