"Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Expansion Quotes #Credit Quotes #World Quotes

“English Canada must clearly understand that, whatever is said or done, QuÃ©bec is, today and forever, a distinct society, that is free and able to assume [the control of] its destiny and its development.”
“Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.”

Source : P. G. Wodehouse, Donald R. Bensen (1985). “A Wodehouse Bestiary”, p.262, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.”

Source : "Eric Dickerson Interview: Hall of Fame RB Talks Randy Moss, NFL in LA and Rams". Interview with Bear Heiser, bleacherreport.com. November 5, 2010.
“Saving the world happens one person at a time. Be at the front of the queue.”
“Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible.”

Source : "News Corp: a study in the failure of corporate self-regulation". www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2011.
“It seems to me, correct me if I'm wrong, that there are an awful lot of people in Manhattan. And it's getting worse.”
“In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.”
“There are so many people out there living a life they don't want to live. They either are eating the food they don't want to eat, that doesn't serve them, or they're in a job that doesn't serve them and what they're really good at in the world, or they're in a situation or relationship where it's bringing them down.”

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