Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Quotes

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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HopePowerPower CorruptsTrueTurn

A screenplay adaptation of my 'Punktown' novel 'Health Agent' has been making the rounds. The screenplay was written by my friend, singer/songwriter Walter Egan of 'Magnet & Steel' fame!

Jeffrey Thomas

FriendHealthFameSteelMagnet

I've done a bit of teaching, but I gave it up - I felt uneasy teaching illustration to people who hadn't yet learned to draw.

Michael Foreman

PeopleDoneUpTeachingIllustration

I think that's our problem in Europe: we used to be a bit negative on everything. That's good sometimes, but when it's too much... It's not good.

Stromae

GoodNegativeThinkProblemToo Much

If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'.

Siri Hustvedt

TrustDeepEndYouSayGone

There is no news media. There's simply a bunch of people on television and in newspapers who are ranking members of the Democrat Party.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleMediaTelevisionPartyNews

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

Michel de Montaigne

WomanHerCannotBoastChastity

We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.

Jaron Lanier

BusinessScienceBeautifulJoyTrack

I think that when you get right down to it, people do evolve on different issues. And, you know, I'm pro-life. And I was begrudgingly the other way.

Donald Trump

PeopleThinkYouDownKnowWay

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

Anne Sullivan

KnowledgePhilosophyLiftOutHold

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now.

Scott Cook

RetirementGenerationPovertyNow

Space is big. The whole point of the frontier is that we go there to do new things in new places - not one place, and not one thing, but all of the above.

Rick Tumlinson

New ThingsSpacePlaceGoNewBig

To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character.

Rider Strong

CharacterOpportunityWaterMindset

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