George Monbiot While some people have rejected capitalism gladly and swiftly, I’ve done so slowly and reluctantly. Part of the reason was that I could see no clear alternative: unlike some anti-capitalists, I have never been an enthusiast for state communism. – George Monbiot Alternative Quotes Anticapitalists Quotes Capitalism Quotes Communism Quotes Enthusiast Quotes Gladly Quotes People Quotes Reason Quotes Rejected Quotes Reluctantly Quotes Slowly Quotes Swiftly Quotes Rainforests are not confined to the tropics: a good definition is forest wet enough to support epiphytes – plants that grow on other plants. Particularly in the west of Britain, where tiny fragments persist, you can find trees covered in rich growths of a fern called polypody, mosses and lichens, and flowering plants climbing the lower trunks. Farming and fishing are the major causes of the collapse of both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Meat – consumed in greater quantities by the rich than by the poor – is the strongest cause of all.
Howard Jacobson The death of an Italian tailor might not be calamitous in Catania or Cagliari, but the loss to Soho is immeasurable. We don’t have Italian tailors we can spare here. – Howard Jacobson
Oliver Stone A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she’ll appear in film and it won’t work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don’t know. – Oliver Stone
Mindy Kaling My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I’ve ever had in my life. – Mindy Kaling
Jonathan Tropper Whether I’m writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I’m writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty. – Jonathan Tropper
Nicklas Bendtner I sometimes forget, after arriving at Arsenal as a 16-year-old, that I’m only on trial with the big guns. – Nicklas Bendtner
Jesse Tyler Ferguson I think if I produced a show I would not want to be part of that production. That’s not… I’m not… I mean, I couldn’t even sell Boy Scout chocolate bars when I was a kid! – Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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