John Perkins Quotes
These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries.
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New York is my home.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.
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In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.
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Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.
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My personal life is also cinema.
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live.
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When people laugh at me, they are not laughing in the way that they normally would at a comedian. They are laughing with relief, because the truth has been spoken, and political correctness has not strangled this particular gigastar.
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I really feel better about aging at the age of 86 than I did at 70.
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American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.
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These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries.
