E. F. Schumacher Quotes
The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If they are mainly small, weak, superficial, and incoherent, life will appear insipid , uninteresting, petty and chaotic.
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.
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The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.
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I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.
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Unconfessed sin cuts off our communication with the Father.
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A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.
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The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If they are mainly small, weak, superficial, and incoherent, life will appear insipid , uninteresting, petty and chaotic.
