Rutger Bregman Private companies mostly manufacture medications that resemble what we’ve already got. They get it patented and, with a hefty dose of marketing, a legion of lawyers, and a strong lobby, can live off the profits for years. – Rutger Bregman Companies Quotes Dose Quotes Hefty Quotes Lawyers Quotes Legion Quotes Live Quotes Lobby Quotes Manufacture Quotes Marketing Quotes Medications Quotes Patented Quotes Private Quotes Profits√¢ Quotes Resemble Quotes Strong Quotes Most of Mark Zuckerberg’s income is just rent collected off the millions of picture and video posts that we give away daily for free. And sure, we have fun doing it. But we also have no alternative – after all, everybody is on Facebook these days. Bankers are the most obvious class of closet freeloaders, but they are certainly not alone. Many a lawyer and an accountant wields a similar revenue model.
FailureRomesh Ranganathan New Year’s resolutions have always been something to beat myself up with by the second week of January. It seems perverse to set yourself up for failure right at the start of the year. – Romesh Ranganathan
Peter Coyote We put on shows at Golden Gate Park with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the groups were part of the community they emerged out of, not some superstars. We had multiple stages, diversions, communal entertainment. There is something slightly fascistic about sitting in a huge auditorium focusing all the energy on one group far away on stage. – Peter Coyote
Criss Angel I think if you would have cut Houdini with a knife, blood wouldn’t come out, PR would. – Criss Angel
Brian Aldiss I can’t help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it’s psychological truth. – Brian Aldiss
Manu Ginobili Forever is a very wide word, but I’ll be connected to the Spurs, if not contractually at least emotionally. – Manu Ginobili
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