"...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to corporatize the crops we grow, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the dreams we dream, corporate globalization needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. Corporate Globalization-or shall we call it by its name?-Imperialism-needs a press that pretends to be free. It needs courts that pretend to dispense justice."

-- Arundhati Roy

#Dream Quotes #Country Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“One fact we're particularly proud of is that there are more people learning languages on Duolingo in the US than there are people learning languages in the entire US public school system.”
“What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.”

Source : Phyllis George (2002). “Never Say Never: 10 Lessons to Turn You Can't Into Yes I Can”, McGraw Hill Professional
“Yes, Marines are down in jungle land and they did kill a man in a war, and a great many people did not know anything about it.”
“Over the years, I realized there was a Republican philosophy that I liked. And then they lost it. And LIBERTARIANS had more of it. Because what I really believe is, let's spend a little more time leaving everybody alone.”
“I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.”
“O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.”

Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”
“I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.”
“Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.”

Source : Richard Savage, Thomas Park (1807). “The Poetical Works of Richard Savage: Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.129

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