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John Perkins Quotes

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.

John Perkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
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Topics

Positive Change Good World Feel Good

My dad had a flock of sheep, which he used to milk, and then my mum used to make cheese and yogurt out of the sheep's milk and sell it. It was kind of an unusual upbringing, really.

Joanne Froggatt

Sheep Cheese Kind Milk Out Sell

It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.

Andrzej Wajda

Face Reality Country New Out Turned

I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have.

Jeanne Phillips

Women Slavery Society Bible Just

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

Stacy Keach

Strength Myself I Am Better Know

The thing with TV and filming is the timing is all faked anyway. You do it so many times, from so many different angles. You never really do it all in one go anyway, so they just fix it all in the edit.

Simon Bird

You Go Timing Never Fix Angles

If the Loki in 'Thor' was about a spiritual confusion - 'Who am I? How do I belong in this world?' - the Loki in 'Avengers' is, 'I know exactly who I am, and I'm going to make this world belong to me.'

Tom Hiddleston

Spiritual I Am Me World Know Belong

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

Ron White

Funny Try Fresh Without Keep Just

I can remember exactly where I was when I saw 'The Matrix' for the first time.

Miguel Angel Silvestre

Time Remember I Can First Time First

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Jason Gann

Me American Comedy Inspiration Big

In a pinch, when my leather shoes need a quick shine, I take the inside of a banana peel and rub it on the leather like I would a shoe wax. Then I spit-shine it and buff it with a cloth, and my shoes look great.

Chris Diamantopoulos

Great Shoes Shine Look Shoe Need

When I dine with CEOs at Michael's in New York or Spago in L.A., we score the best tables. On my own, I wind up seated near the kitchen doors.

Christina Binkley

Best New York Wind Kitchen Doors Up

I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

Cliff Martinez

Work Identity Strong Think Early