John Burns Quotes

Individual effort is almost relatively impossible to cope with the big problem of poverty as we see it.

John Burns

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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

Queen Latifah
- Why
- Science
- Political
Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.

Tavi Gevinson
- Music
- Hate
- Period
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

T. Boone Pickens
- People
- Truth
- American
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.

Edmund Phelps
- Invest
- Horizon
- Beyond
I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.

Karen Thompson Walker
- Writing
- Book
- Amazing
When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

Naomi Klein