The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in fact one of the devices by which its power is perpetuated.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Author Archives: Gareth Antigua
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The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
~ Peter Drucker
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It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Although intergenerational population replacement involves long time lags, cultural change can reach a tipping point at which new norms become dominant. Conformism and social desirability effects then reverse polarity: instead of retarding the changes linked with intergenerational population replacement, they accelerate them, bringing unusually rapid cultural change.
~ Ronald Inglehart
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The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
~ A. J. Liebling
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
~ Niels Bohr
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Live all you can — it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?
~ Henry James
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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
~ Will Rogers
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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.
~ Milan Kundera
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