“It seems to me that rumors and dreams of justice are part of a dialectic of injustice and dreams of justice will be with us for as long as there's injustice, and that doesn't seem to be in short supply.” LongDreamSeemsJusticeInjusticeRumorDialectics Author:James C. Scott
“What's interesting to me is that in the late twentieth century it seems that there's scarcely a part of the world that doesn't have some capitalist return that can be realized providing that this area's made accessible and resources can be extracted from it.” WorldMadeSeemsInterestingCenturyReturnLateResourcesAreasCapitalistProvidingTwentieth Century Author:James C. Scott
“I always believed that social science was a progressive profession because it was the powerful who had the most to hide about how the world actually worked and if you could show how the world actually worked it would always have a de-masking and a subversive effect on the powerful. I don't think that's quite true, but it seems to me it's not bad as a point of departure anyway.” IfsThinkingWorldShowsSeemsSocialPowerfulEffectsProfessionProgressiveAlways BelieveDepartureSubversiveSocial Science Author:James C. Scott
“It's hard to see any institutional structure that stands in the way of the homogenization and simplification of these supply chains in international capitalism, unless it is the nation state.” WayHardStatesNationsCapitalismStructureInternationalChainsSimplificationSupply Chain Author:James C. Scott
“Secrets are always never as well kept as people think they are. More often than not when you reveal something, especially the bigger it is, people always had some inkling, or they're like, "Well, yeah, of course."” PeopleThinkingWellsCoursesSecretBiggerYeah Author:James Scott
“Revenge is a really narrow scope through which to view things. In the same way secrets do, it has this ability to warp everything. But secrets are more inward, and revenge is outward.” WayAbilityViewsSecretRevengeInwardScopeWarp Author:James Scott
“No matter how old you are, if you're just not an empathetic person, it's a lot easier to concentrate solely on something that is injuring another person to even some score. Hopefully as people grow older, their ability to empathize deepens.” PeopleIfsPersonsMatterGrowsAbilityEasierHopefullyScoreOld YouEmpathetic Author:James Scott
“As your life goes on you should gain a deeper understanding of the world and the people moving through it; but that might be asking too much.” PeopleWorldShouldMightMovingUnderstandingToo MuchGoes OnGainsAskingDeeperLife Goes OnDeeper UnderstandingAsking Too Much Author:James Scott
“It's always fun to try something new, and to play a new character, and it's fun to play another period.” TryingPlayCharacterFunPeriodsSomething New Author:James Scott
“I certainly am not afraid of hard work. Hard work is only hard if you are not passionate about what you are doing.” IfsHardHard WorkPassionateNot Afraid Author:James Scott