#set

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. ↗

— John Berger

#before #century #imposed #natural #other

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#apples #arrogance #been #beings #benefit

Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#effort #especially #every #government #government programs

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. ↗

— Halle Berry

#i #love #refuse #settle

If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life. ↗

— Halle Berry

#another #could #direction #give #goal

I've seldom become nostalgic or settled. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#i #nostalgic #seldom #settled

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#departments #different #film #film set #i

My clothes are for the international jet set. They are very much for the red carpet. ↗

— Giambattista Valli

#clothes #international #jet #much #red

Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting. ↗