#de

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. ↗

— Iris Chang

#another #crisis #economic #economic crisis #exploited

But--" she tried not to wail, but her voice crept upward, anyway "--I want to go HOME--" "And I want a palace and a handsome, young prince who has an unnatural lust for old women, and neither of us are going to get what we crave, so let's concentrate on what we can do something about!" Granny said sharply. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#bella #granny #humor #mercedes-lackey #beauty

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#based #change #conservatism #idea #leave

I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit. ↗

— Jung Chang

#awarded #began #china #died #first

I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet. ↗

— Prince Charles

#covered #globe #i #red #red carpet

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part of my bones that short-selling plays the role of real-time financial watchdog. It's one of the few checks and balances in the market. ↗

— James Chanos

#always #aspect #balances #bones #checks

The marginal people on the trading desks, there's no skill set. If they don't trade derivatives, I don't know what they can do. The next stop is driving a cab. ↗

— James Chanos

#derivatives #desks #driving #i #know

Neutral men are the devil's allies. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#allies #devil #neutral

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#blithe #bosom #coarse #dances #diamond

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#essential #evil #man #vice