"People are born in a certain place, and……" — Thomas Frank
"People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don't mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we're entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it's just not simple when it comes to freedom."
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82 Quotes by Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank has 82 quotes on this site.
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This aesthetic quality, then, is what politics is all about. It's authenticity that separates winners from losers, good politics from…
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Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in…
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Whereas liberals are thought to erupt self-righteously whenever they feel like it, conservatives believe that they themselves are never permitted…
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Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.
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Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic…
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Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre…
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Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank…
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These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've…
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What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn't deny it and doesn't try to mitigate it, but tries…
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During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering…
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In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to…
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There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to…
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More Betray Quotes
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard…
— Samuel Adams
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism…
— Walter Benjamin
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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he…
— Edmund Burke
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I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
— Taylor Caldwell
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
— John le Carre
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I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you…
— Jimmy Carter
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To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
— Lord Chesterfield
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
— Noam Chomsky
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
— Unknown Author
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By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
— Huineng
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