Eugene Jarecki Quotes

The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems from one basic misunderstanding: that the public good can be shepherded by private interests.

Eugene Jarecki

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GoodPeoplePrisonProfitComplex

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

Jessica Alba

SpeakInterestingWishPlayMore

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

Andrew Davies

LoveEndWriteAlwaysLove Stories

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

John Locke

EducationKnowledgeWorldFenceOnly

I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years of my life there. Being a kid, my early musical experiences were there.

St. Lucia

LifeMusicInfluenceThinkMy Life

I love shifting between being super cute and aggressive. It's funny.

Sigrid

FunnyLoveCuteAggressiveBeing

Success will ruin your life.

Tom Clancy

LifeSuccessWillRuinYour

I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast.

Judy Sheindlin

BestBreakfastThinkEggStill

Our health care system is the finest in the world, but we still have too many uninsured Americans, too high prices for prescription drugs, and too many frivolous lawsuits driving our physicians out of state or out of business.

Judy Biggert

BusinessHealthWorldCareDriving

Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.

Jon Lee Anderson

LifeGoodWarAmericaBackKnow

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

Joseph Stiglitz

WisdomResultsRunEconomistsSeem

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

Jonathan Swift

LifeFindHumanDestructionPoison

I'm always looking for things that are so incredibly present that they become invisible.

Douglas Coupland

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