David Korten Quotes
For those of us who grew up believing that capitalism is the foundation of democracy and market freedom, it has been a rude awakening to realize that under capitalism, democracy is for sale to the highest bidder and the market is centrally planned by global megacorporations larger than most states.David Korten
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
Karl Rove -
The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
Malcolm Gladwell -
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Otto von Bismarck -
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman -
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Edmund Burke -
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
Gary Larson -
I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
Ingmar Bergman -
Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
Rachel Shelley -
We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
Quavo Migos -
There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
Edgar Winter -
The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
Uri Geller
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
Haile Gebrselassie -
I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
Aaron Neville -
Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
Kailash Satyarthi -
I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
Fleur East -
As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
Imran Amed -
Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
Dan Brown
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I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that.
Dwight Henry -
When we talk about democracy, if the people's stomach is empty, democracy is also empty. Democracy can not be installed by fiat; it must be achieved by the people themselves.
Y. C. James Yen -
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.
Philip Yancey -
Margaret, Texas is lost.
Sam Houston -
When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken.
Ella Purnell -
For those of us who grew up believing that capitalism is the foundation of democracy and market freedom, it has been a rude awakening to realize that under capitalism, democracy is for sale to the highest bidder and the market is centrally planned by global megacorporations larger than most states.
David Korten