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Quote by Jeet Thayil

“Come on, a 25-page digression on god? You can’t have that kind of thing, cut it out!””

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Jeet Thayil is an Indian poet known for his distinctive poetic style and profound depiction of Mumbai's urban culture. His works often explore the lives of marginalized individuals and the complexities and contradictions of urban life. more

“The Roman arena was technically a level playing field. But on one side were the lions with all the weapons, and on the other the Christians with all the blood. That's not a level playing field. That's a slaughter. And so is putting people into the economy without equipping them with capital, while equipping a tiny handful of people with hundreds and thousands of times more than they can use.”

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Author:Louis O. Kelso

“People are hungering for property — for a secure, permanent and independent link with spaceship earth that ownership represents and which only ownership can protect or defend. It is humiliating to possess nothing, to own nothing, and hence to produce nothing and to count for nothing.”

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Author:Louis O. Kelso

“There is no future for those who cannot or will not think.”

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Author:Louis O. Kelso

“They sense that there's a majority out there and that the emotions are all on the other side-if they can be heard. They think the politicians are going to yield to the emotions. I think the corporations are wrong about that. I think the companies will have to give in only at insignificant levels. Because the companies are too strong, they're the establishment. The environmentalists are going to have to be like the mob in the square in Romania before they prevail.”

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Author:Louis O. Kelso

“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.”

People Mind Art Play Answers Conversation Boring Questions And Answers

Author:Ved Mehta

“I had to add Oguchi into the list. After all, he’s a soccer player—fittest athletes ever. At 6'4 210 pounds, he's one of the most feared men in the world's game. I've played against a lot of massive defenders. And no one has Oguchi's strength. His shoulders and chest are so big that people confuse him with an NFL player. He can move anyone in the game with one arm, including the best strikers in the world. Guys absolutely fear him.”

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Author:Charlie Davies

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