I can't sleep. There is a woman stuck between my eyelids. I would tell her to get out if I could. But there is a woman stuck in my throat Eduardo Galeano More Quotes by Eduardo Galeano More Quotes From Eduardo Galeano From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When a building collapses or a plane crashes, it?s rather inconvenient from the point of view of those inside, but it?s altogether convenient for the growth of the gross national product, which sometimes ought to be called the "gross criminal product." Eduardo Galeano criminals growth views Development develops inequality. Eduardo Galeano inequality development Memory. My poison, my food. Eduardo Galeano poison food memories The world is organised by the war economy and the war culture. Eduardo Galeano war culture world So many stories, and to choose which ones to tell and how to tell them. The words, they will tap me on the shoulder and they will speak to me: Tell me! Tell me! The stories choose me. Eduardo Galeano shoulders speak stories The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business. Eduardo Galeano built prison suffering Charity, vertical, humiliates. Solidarity, horizontal, helps. Eduardo Galeano solidarity charity helping Globalization has considerably accelerated in recent years following the dizzying expansion of communications and transport and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of capital. We must not confuse globalization with "internationalism" though. We know that the human condition is universal, that we share similar passions, fears, needs and dreams, but this has nothing to do with the "rubbing out" of national borders as a result of unrestricted capital movements. One thing is the free movement of peoples, the other of money. Eduardo Galeano communication money dream Where do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than one poor starving soul would like to know. In our countries, numbers live better than people. How many people prosper in times of prosperity? How many people find their lives developed by development? Eduardo Galeano numbers country people In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion. Eduardo Galeano wealth powerful world Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote. Eduardo Galeano latin america years In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very interesting developments, reflecting the revitalization of community power with a more and more active presence of minorities in political life, including the presence of women who are of course by no means a minority. Eduardo Galeano community mean interesting To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to be blocked so long as misery and illiteracy exist, and so long as the possessors of power continue to carry on with impunity their policy of collective imbecilization through the mass media. Eduardo Galeano media giving long I remember that - you know, I didnt receive a formal education. I was educated in the Montevideo cafe, in the cafes of Montevideo. There, I received my first lessons in the art of telling stories, storytelling. Eduardo Galeano cafes stories art There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with a burning challenge. Eduardo Galeano destiny men believe I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire Eduardo Galeano desire For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure. Eduardo Galeano departure wind memories His legs have a mind of their own, his foot shoots by itself... Roberto Baggio is a big horsetail that flicks away opponents as he flows forward in an elegant wave. Eduardo Galeano player football soccer I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it. Eduardo Galeano team soccer country The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing. Eduardo Galeano division-of-labor losing winning
