Benjamin Barber Quotes
Having created the conditions that make markets possible, democracy must do all the things that markets undo or cannot do.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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It's mad because as a woman, you carry the baby for nine months, so you're very conscious that you have a little one inside you. But for a guy, it's suddenly, there's a baby there.
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I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.
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I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.
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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born. So I did not really grow up in a filmi environment. And when I was growing up, becoming an actress was still quite a taboo. And you may not believe this, but even my father did not want me to join films.
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'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films.
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I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.
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I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.
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I think the truth is black-and-white.
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The subject of Stalin's death permitted a rare blend of invective and speculation-both Hearst papers, as I recall, ran cartoons of Stalin being rebuffed at the gates of Heaven, where Hearst had no correspondents-and I have seldom enjoyed a week of newspaper reading more.
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My native country was full of youthful promise; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age.
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Marriage advice to Dan Pfeiffer in Yes We Still Can, chapter 9, (19 June 2018); as quoted in 'Barack Obama says these are the three questions you must ask someone before you marry them', by Narjas Zatat, The Independent, (7 July 2018).
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Pártase de cualquier punto. Todos son iguales. Todos llevan a un punto de partida.
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The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development.
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Doesn't every generation feel like the one that's coming up behind them doesn't know how to grow up? I'm not sure if we're progressively getting worse or if your perspective shifts.
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I think true economic class unhappiness comes from when across the street someone has a new Cadillac and you can't get that.
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I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimilionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am.
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One of the greatest challenges facing the economy is to achieve the most efficient use - not abuse - of natural resources
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The body is not interested in anything you are interested in. And that is the battle that is going on all the time.
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Having created the conditions that make markets possible, democracy must do all the things that markets undo or cannot do.
