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.

  

  Ice T
  • Control
  • Party
  • Rock

• Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • May
  • Reality
  • Professional

• I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

  

  Tamala Jones
  • Good
  • Job
  • Afraid

• 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.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Long
  • America
  • High

• Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Music
  • American
  • Name

• I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Kids
  • Know
  • Old

• 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.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • World
  • Free
  • Mad

• 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.

  

  Dan Byrd
  • People
  • Kind
  • Early

• 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.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Family
  • Chance
  • Loved

• I haven't had an orthodox career.

  

  Sally Field
  • Career
  • Had
  • Orthodox

• 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.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Think
  • Know
  • Relationships

• I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Life
  • Small
  • Curiosity

• Being positive may be a character defect of mine.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • May
  • Character
  • Positive

• One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Fun
  • Know
  • Sushi

• Science fiction is not formulaic.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Science
  • Fiction

• E cada instante é diferente, e cadahomem é diferente, e somos todos iguais.

  

  Carlos Drummond de Andrade

• 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.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Age
  • Advice

• It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town, out on the edge of the prairie...

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Home
  • Lake

• 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!

  

  Rihanna
  • House
  • Mom

• If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.

  

  John Mellencamp
  • Up
  • Night
  • Morning

• At her station in life, wisdom dictated keeping a low profile.And yet...

  

  David Brin
  • Life
  • Wisdom

• Individuals seem to have reached their walls and so has the entire human race. Whatever isn't working, isn't life-producing, isn't producing love for ourselves or others, is going to have to go now. Or, literally, there will be hell to pay.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Life
  • Pay
  • Individuals

• As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.

  

  Vandana Shiva