Marilyn Ferguson Quotes
I believe that social change has almost reached critical mass. So many people have undergone personal transformation that their effect on society is having a geometric - not arithmetic - impact. This coalescence of energies brings about meeting, networking, and a sophistication in communications that is unprecedented in history.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
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I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.
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Be held truthful that your lies may count.
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I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.
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The mask, like the side-show freak, is mainly participatory rather than pictorial in its sensory appeal. (p. 352)
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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The fallacy of monetary policy in the U.S. is to believe this money will go to the man on the street. It won't. It goes to the Mayfair economy of the well-to-do people and boosts asset prices of Warhols... Very happy. Very good for the Fed. Congratulations, Mr. Bernanke.
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I believe that social change has almost reached critical mass. So many people have undergone personal transformation that their effect on society is having a geometric - not arithmetic - impact. This coalescence of energies brings about meeting, networking, and a sophistication in communications that is unprecedented in history.
