Karl Polanyi Quotes
Our thesis is that the idea of a self-adjusting market implied a stark utopia. Such an institution could not exist for any length of time without annihilating the human and natural substance of society; it would have physically destroyed man and transformed his surroundings into a wilderness.
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance.
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For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.
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My children and their happiness have always been my greatest concern.
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Casi no he tocado el barro y soy de barro.
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Sometimes we'll sigh - sometimes we'll cryAnd we'll know why just you and I know true love ways.
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Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!
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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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Material girls like Madonna Model for Donatella
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As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.
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Thank God for both our grandmothers, the Hollands' grandmother was very seminal, and mine was the head of the choir at my church, ... I had to be at church on Thursday, Saturday and Sundays rehearsing. I couldn't do anything else until I got that business taken care of.
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One of the stupidest things we ever did was to take creative departments out of the agencies.
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I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.
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Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
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Humanity has always conquered the flux of natural time by means of a rhythm between active and passive time-spans. To reconquer his holidays, to establish a new and better time schedule for life, has been the great endeavour of man ever since the days of Noah.
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In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.
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Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.
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Our thesis is that the idea of a self-adjusting market implied a stark utopia. Such an institution could not exist for any length of time without annihilating the human and natural substance of society; it would have physically destroyed man and transformed his surroundings into a wilderness.
