Stephen Kinzer Quotes
Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.
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There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
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Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
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I feel like sometimes I'm so positive and sometimes I think the worst of everything or I think the worst is going to happen. It's how I deal with stuff day-to-day, it's just how I get by really, and it's probably not the best way to be.
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No matter what you do, no matter what your profession is, no matter how old you are, everybody deals with haters,
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I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively andnonviolently. If in their early years our children learn to listen to all sides of the story, use their heads and then their mouths, and come up with a plan and share, then, when they become our leaders, and some of them will, they will have the tools to handle global problems and conflict.
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The only way you can really deal with creative people is with very loose reins.
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For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse.
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"We die," she said, "we die together. That's the deal."
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The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop in spending so severe that producers must cut prices on an ongoing basis in order to find buyers.
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Carolyn [Maloney] is the kind of legislator who, whether she's in the majority or the minority, whether her party is in the majority or the minority, she doesn't take "No" for an answer, and she frequently calls women leaders and say, "I think we should do this. This is really necessary for women." And so she hangs in there and gets bills passed when people think it's not possible.
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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Youth deals only in extremes.
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Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.
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We tend to let our freedoms slip away because they are tucked away in documents and policies that we don't ever deal with directly.
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Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation?
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It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.
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My wife uses fabric softener. I never knew what that stuff was for. Then I noticed women coming up to me, sniffing, then saying under their breath, "Married!" and walking away. Fabric Softeners are how our wives mark their territory. We can take off the ring, but it's hard to get that April fresh scent out of your clothes.
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We're in this space right now where things are very precarious for women and things in the States are so terrifying. There are so many rollbacks of rights women have gained - and it can happen quickly, more quickly than we think. I think it would be good for us to think back and ahead to protect the space we're in.
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Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.
