"Stalinism is a pathology of socialism, Hitlerism being the apposite example for capitalism."

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Source : Robert L. Heilbroner (1980). “Marxism: For and Against”, p.169, W. W. Norton & Company

Robert Heilbroner

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“The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.”
“I think TV is still, out of every medium, the one that really offers simple easy enjoyment. You've got lots of choice, you've got the opportunity to be entertained or informed on your own or you've got the opportunity to enjoy and experience programming together. It really probably is, I still think, the most emotionally engaging and bonding medium that exists.”
“Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.”
“I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.”
“It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature.”
“Santangelo is irritated. "We're not suppose to be collaborating. It's supposed to be a war and you're supposed to stick to the boundaries." "We've seen you in your jocks," she reminds him. "Taylor and Griggs have pashed. You've broken into your father's police station for us. Don't you think the war has lost a bit of its tension?”
“I am extremely close to my brother, Kent, and my sister, Lauren, who have been remarkably understanding about all of my weird sibling tales.”

Source : "The Exchange: Karen Russell on 'Swamplandia!'". Interview with Rachel Hurn, www.newyorker.com. February 15, 2011.
“Soon after a disaster passes, we tend to turn our eyes away and focus our resources on the day-to-day, rather than on preparing for the rare, but foreseeable and potentially catastrophic disaster. It's another form of triage, how much we invest in preparing for that, a very important question for public policy. We are a short-sighted species.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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