Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich
It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the numbe

It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the earth can sustain, and that human civilization will collapse when the number of, say, tax lawyers exceeds the worlds total population of farmers, weavers, fisherpersons, and pediatric nurses. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey production — only to produce a race of bed-wetters! – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Creation
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Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Health
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Thats free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing – the truly democratic thing about it – is that you dont even have to be a player to lose. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one. – H. Ross Perot

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By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. – Robert Frost

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Those who can, do, those who cant teach; and those who can do neither, administer. – Calvin Calverley

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Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. – Mary McCarthy

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If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science? From what Ive seen, its not likely. – Tim Ferriss

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