It’s an uphill battle. I probably won’t succeed. But I’ve been here before. I know what it’s like facing impossible odds.
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Quotes tagged ‘Exploitation’
This city, this whole country, is a strip club. You've got people tossing the money and people doing the dance.
You’ve been shot five times for your country, and you can’t even send your kids to college. If we’d accomplished have the things that we’ve accomplished in any other profession, we’d be set for life. The question is: Do we finally get to use our skills for our benefit?
— Mark Boal, J. C. Chandor, Santiago "Pope" Garcia, Oscar Isaac, imdb.com
You know what capitalism is? Gettin’ fucked!
Every leap of civilization was built on the back of a disposable workforce, but I can only make so many.
— Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, Niander Wallace, Jared Leto, imdb.com
Nick, you don’t have to like what it is you need to survive. You exploit it. You turn it to your advantage.
A man who works for another is not going to be paid any more than he is worth; you can bet on that. A man ought to get what he can earn. Don't make any difference whether it's running a farm, running a bank or running a show; a man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of th…
What would this country be if our economy didn’t allow wealthy people to take advantage of rubes?
It has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good gov…
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
It is rotten and dismal that a world of so many hundred million people should be ruled by a single caste that has the power to lead millions to life or to death, indeed on a whim...This caste has spun its web over the entire earth; capitalism recognizes no national boundaries...Capitalism has learne…
I have to go exploit some women in the name of grief.
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
Corporate tycoons and financiers saw the potential. They bought – or took over – luxury companies and turned their sights on a new target audience: the middle market, that broad socioeconomic demographic. The idea, luxury executives explained, was to 'democratise' luxury, to make luxury 'accessible'…
Fast fashion is there for a reason: people want beautiful products in their price range. But we have to understand that cheap fashion is where other people end up paying for your stuff — the people who make the products and are paid less than what’s right.
Large corporations too often think they can steal designs from individual artists, especially women, without payment or consequences.
Trump has repeatedly called for drug-price reform. Last year he called out big pharma for “getting away with murder.” Yet by nominating Azar he just sent a clear message to industry. It’s open season.
Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them under the concept of luxury!
Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty.
Let's be honest, when we put down Cosmopolitan or Vogue or Vanity Fair, how do we feel? Like (do we) feel 'Oh I feel really slim and toned today. I feel really good about myself.'? How do you really feel? Like a fat pig would that be about right? That's crucial because the more women hate themselves…