Extractivism Naomi Quotes & Sayings

Although in truth her passivity was calculated, because she knew passivity inflamed him. He had her, and to some extent she wanted to be had, like an animal: in a mute mutual privacy of violence. — Jonathan Franzen

God cannot deliver me while my interest is merely in my own character. Paul was not conscious of himself. He was recklessly abandoned, totally surrendered, and separated by God for one purpose--to proclaim the gospel of God. — Oswald Chambers

It must be good to die in Toronto. The transition between life and death would be continuous, painless and scarcely noticeable in this silent town. I dreaded the Sundays and prayed to God that if he chose for me to die in Toronto, he would let it be on a Saturday afternoon to save me from one more Toronto Sunday. — Leopold Infeld

Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

And up until quite recently, that has held up as the grand bargain of the carbon age: the people reaping the bulk of the benefits of extractivism pretend not to see the costs of that comfort so long as the sacrifice zones are kept safely out of view. — Naomi Klein

All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl. — Mark Millar

Out here everybody abuses everybody. It's just the way it is. So you'd better get used to it. - excerpt from: freefalling — Darlenne Susan Girard

I probably protect myself by not asking myself too much. — Sue Tompkins

The strength and clarity of the picture you envision at the start will tell you when you are done. You are finished when you have said what you wish to say, when nothing added can make it better. — Richard Schmid

Carson's writing inspired a new, much more radical generation of environmentalists to see themselves as part of a fragile planetary ecosystem rather than as its engineers or mechanics, giving birth to the field of Ecological Economics. It was in this context that the underlying logic of extractivism - that there would always be more earth for us to consume - began to be forcefully challenged within the mainstream. — Naomi Klein