Richard G. Wilkinson quotes
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“If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.”
-- Richard G. WilkinsonSource : "TED Global 2011: Forget Glastonbury, this is Nerdstock" by Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2011.
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“In its broadest ecological context, economic development is the development of more intensive ways of exploiting the natural environment.”
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“The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where we are in relation to each other now matter very much.”
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“... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.”
-- Richard G. WilkinsonSource : Richard G. Wilkinson, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (1986). “Class and health”
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“Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization.”
-- Richard G. Wilkinson
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Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.114, Granta Books
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“Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.”
Source : "Adam Rayner Talks Tyrant, Joining the Show, Playing an Arab Character, Shocking Moments, Shooting the Pilot in Morocco, and His Character’s Motives". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 24, 2014.
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“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”
Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin
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