Marcus Rediker quotes

“The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror, which was indeed its defining feature.”
-- Marcus Rediker

Source : Marcus Rediker (2007). “The Slave Ship: A Human History”, p.13, Penguin

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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”

“Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.”

“When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.”

“Gore speaks to America as if English is its second language; George W. speaks as if English is his second language.”

“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”

“The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.”

Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.

“There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.”

Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

“I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.”

“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”

“Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.”