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“[The Villagers tell Chris they collected everything of value in their village to hire gunmen] Chris Adams: I have been paid a lot for my work, but never everything.”

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Nic Pizzolatto

Nic Pizzolatto, born on October 18, 1975, is an accomplished novelist from the United States. His works are renowned for their unique narrative style and profound thematic explorations, with notable titles including 'True Detective' and 'Fargo'. Pizzolatto's novels often blend elements of crime, mystery, and philosophy, captivating readers with their depth and complexity. more

“I remember one time we were walking into a grocery store and an old man was ringing a bell for the Salvation Army. I asked my dad if we could give him some money and he told me no, that he works hard for his money and he wasn’t about to let me give it away. He said it isn’t his fault that other people don’t want to work. He spent the whole time we were in the grocery store telling me about how people take advantage of the government and until the government stops helping those people by giving them handouts, the problem won’t ever go away… I believed him. That was three years ago and all this time I thought homeless people were homeless because they were lazy or drug addicts or just didn’t want to work like other people. But now I know that’s not true. Sure, some of what he said was true to an extent, but he was using the worst-case scenarios. Not everyone is homeless because they choose to be. They’re homeless because there isn’t enough help to go around. And people like my father are the problem. Instead of helping others, people use the worst-case scenarios to excuse their own selfishness and greed.”

Truth Politics Homeless

Book:It Ends with Us

Source: It Ends with Us

“I am compassionate enough to know that everyone can be a blessing in your life, even if they don’t have any money. That money does not equate value. I am humble enough to admit when I’m wrong. I am selfless enough to give all I have. And at the end of the day, I rest my head knowing that I did my best. To me, that makes me something.”

Value Life Lesson

Book:Mr. Hinkle's Verum Ink: the navy blue book

Source: Mr. Hinkle's Verum Ink: the navy blue book

“Not the shattered or slashed works to which Alena thrilled, but those objects in the archive that both were and weren't different moved me: they had been redeemed, both in the sense that the fetish had been converted back into cash, the claim paid out, but also in the messianic sense of being saved from something, saved for something. An art commodity that had been exorcised (and survived the exorcism) of the fetishism of the market was to me a utopian readymade–an object for or from a future where there was some other regime of value than the tyranny of price.”

Art Value Utopia Commodity Fetishism Readymade

Book:10:04

Source: 10:04