Simon Gibson
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“The accelerating pace of zoonotic transmission of novel viruses into humans is attributable to anthropogenic epidemiologic factors. Only behavior modification or medical management of this future health burden will minimize the risks of future zoonoses for human populations.”
― Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention
― Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention
“Capitalism is not designed to meet human need; it is designed to generate profit. This means not only robbing workers of our humanity and life, but also the soil, the air, the planet.”
― A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
― A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
“I'm sorry," he says, his fingers closing around mine. "You shouldn't be looking at such..."
"Such what?" I ask, a question that is rapidly chased by another. "And why not?"
He glances down at the pictures, then tears his gaze away, dragging it back to my face. "Well, because it's improper, for one thing."
How cruel it would be of me to ask for a second thing, if only to watch him stumble and stammer while his gaze struggles not to dip down to those portraits a second time. "It may have escaped your notice at some point during our acquaintance, but I am a woman. And as shocking as it may be for you to believe, I have seen myself naked on more than one occasion, so you'll pardon me if I am not offended by anything these ladies have to offer.”
― The Half Killed
"Such what?" I ask, a question that is rapidly chased by another. "And why not?"
He glances down at the pictures, then tears his gaze away, dragging it back to my face. "Well, because it's improper, for one thing."
How cruel it would be of me to ask for a second thing, if only to watch him stumble and stammer while his gaze struggles not to dip down to those portraits a second time. "It may have escaped your notice at some point during our acquaintance, but I am a woman. And as shocking as it may be for you to believe, I have seen myself naked on more than one occasion, so you'll pardon me if I am not offended by anything these ladies have to offer.”
― The Half Killed
“Lies the beauty of your walk in the way you walk it … or in the journey’s end?”
― Ashoka the Great
― Ashoka the Great
“Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
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