Charles Eisenstein Quotes
The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
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Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction.
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I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.
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I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
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I'd been on 'Buffy' - that is an amazing community, the Joss Whedon fans.
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As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.
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Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
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I am not a spokesperson for the trans community, I am not. The media kind of projects me as being the spokesperson, but from my standpoint, I am not. I am a spokesperson for my story, and that's all I can tell.
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I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.'
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I think a part of me thought that I might be interested in academia because I really do love school. I mean that on all levels - I like educational environments; I like being part of that community of learning and exploration. And I like to talk.
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A member of the community should conduct himself always by word, mind and body in such a fashion that it results in help to the society. He should also make his own men understand this.
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Our party needs the youth but the youth also need the parties to help them organise. Neither will succeed in overthrowing this regime without the other. We don't want the international community to label our revolution an Islamic one.
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We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.
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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
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We want to create a community of girls who will be empowered to become catalysts for transformation in their communities.
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After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more honest about the realities of the community I was writing about.
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We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.
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I find it difficult to turn down an entrepreneur who's both passionate and knowledgeable about their space.
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Peggy Atwood, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Michael Ondaatje - these are all old friends from my early 20s.
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Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
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The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community.
