Karl Marx Quotes

The labour-power is a commodity, not capital, in the hands of the labourer, and it constitutes for him a revenue so long as he can continuously repeat its sale; it functions as capital after its sale, in the hands of the capitalist, during the process of production itself.

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• Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.

  

  Caleb Cushing
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• I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.

  

  Natasha Poly
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• Of course I get hurt.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.

  

  Kate Moss
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• Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.

  

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• When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

  

  M. C. Escher
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• I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.

  

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• Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.

  

  Uwe Boll
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• To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

  

  Ian MacKaye
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• My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

  

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• I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.

  

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• I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.

  

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• The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.

  

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• It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

  

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• Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.

  

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• A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
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• Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.

  

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• It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.

  

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• I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation.

  

  Jeff Weiner

• Reject hatred without hating.

  

  Mary Baker Eddy

• Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.

  

  J. C. Ryle
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• The labour-power is a commodity, not capital, in the hands of the labourer, and it constitutes for him a revenue so long as he can continuously repeat its sale; it functions as capital after its sale, in the hands of the capitalist, during the process of production itself.

  

  Karl Marx
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