#consumption

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is estimated that in dollar volume, the annual outlay is now practically double what it was before the war. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the oil industry itself has estimated that it would take 10 years to bring this oil to the market. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

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Global fuel and consumption, however, is projected to increase by 100 to 150 percent over the next 20 years, driven largely by the rapidly growing Chinese and Indian economies; and this growth and this increase in demand will force prices even higher. ↗

— John Shadegg

#consumption #demand #driven #economies #even

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. ↗

— Adam Smith

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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. ↗

— Maurice Strong

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That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion. ↗

— Jock Sturges

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