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Displaced Quotes (page 3)

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. Yvon Chouinard
I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting. Ana Castillo
The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities. Judith Butler
In particular, I established a reasonably accurate energy threshold for permanent displacement of a nucleus from its regular lattice position, substantially smaller than had been previously presumed. Walter Kohn
No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights. Muqtada al Sadr
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society. Paul Ryan
Towns and cities throughout the United States have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of families displaced from their homes as a result of this horrific storm. Jo Bonner
I am very aware that there are many of you who have friends and loved ones in the areas affected by this storm who have been displaced or who have not yet been accounted for. Jo Bonner
Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days. Jo Bonner
Dennis Ritchie quote: "For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace."
For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace. Dennis Ritchie
William Bernbach quote: "In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil..."
In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive. William Bernbach
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. Jose Bergamin
I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes. Amy Tan
Kingsley Amis quote: "Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism,..."
Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. Kingsley Amis
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world. Mahmoud Abbas

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