Vandana Shiva Quotes
As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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As long as the dollar remains in high esteem as a trade currency, America can continue to spend more than it earns. But when the day arrives - as it certainly must - when the dollar tumbles and foreigners no longer want it, the free ride will be over.
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I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.
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I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it.
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I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
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Being positive may be a character defect of mine.
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One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.
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Science fiction is not formulaic.
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E cada instante é diferente, e cadahomem é diferente, e somos todos iguais.
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It is a fact that no man improves much after the age of 60 and after 65, most suffer a really alarming decline. I could give some examples, but at the advice of my publisher will refrain from doing so.
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It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town, out on the edge of the prairie...
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They'd complain to my other neighbor, who was very close to my mom, so we always got the message: I'm too loud. But we didn't really care. They can't tell me what to do in my house!
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Stories are one of the means by which a culture preserves its identity.
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The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.
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I'm a very sinister person.
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Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
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Americans want Washington to put aside political differences, find common ground, and start producing real economic solutions for the middle class.
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As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.
