It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.
Mainstream economics scholarship produces theory without facts ("pure theory") and facts without theory ("applied economics").
The achievements of past struggles and the aspirations of an entire nation are [being] undone and erased. . . . No Agent Orange or steel pellet bombs, no napalm, no toxic chemicals: a new phase of economic and social (rather than' physical) destruction has unfolded. The seemingly neutral and scientific tools of macro-economic policy constitute a non-violent instrument of recolonization and impoverishment.
Relentlessly feeding on poverty and economic dislocation, a New World Order was taking shape.
Global poverty is an "input" on the supply side; the global economic system feeds on cheap labor.
The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines are spurred on as result of a global oversupply of grain staples.
For the West, the enemy was not "socialism" but capitalism. How to tame and subdue the polar bear, how to take over the talent, the science, the technology, how to buy out the human capital, how to acquire the intellectual property rights?
That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.
I wouldn't say I'm fixated on describing any kind of relationship whether it is a father and a son, or a family. I don't like it when people say that I'm particularly following the same line or that I'm only interested in family dramas. I'm interested in human relationships. The most intimate, the most delicate, and the most intriguing relationships are those within a family.
I want to be understood by my country, but if I fail to be understood - what then?, I shall pass through my native land to one side, like a shower of slanting rain.
I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.