Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to force a reconsideration of the way the nation does business and offers hope to those of us who previously felt alone in our belief that the current economic system is broken.

Douglas Rushkoff

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LifeBusinessHopeAloneBrokenWay

When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.

Jennifer Lawrence

CareParentTake CareYouGoWant

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Andrew Cuomo

YouHoneyGrandfatherSayRightGet

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

Maya Lin

JourneyTimeSpaceSeeAnything

Thinking things like, 'I will never get hired for this job,' or 'Nobody ever listens to me,' can alter your behavior in a way that makes those predictions come true.

Amy Morin

JobMeThinkingBehaviorNobodyWay

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.

Rory Bremner

SayingYouLibertyHumanRights

When you're a kid, right, and you're surrounded by all these other kids, and let's say they don't have the same interests or the same goals or the same world view as you... It's difficult because a child doesn't know that there's another way. A child doesn't know that there's another place outside of the systems and hierarchies in school.

Roisin Murphy

GoalsSchoolChildWorldViewYou

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

Rowan Atkinson

MyselfWantWayDifferentPerforming

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.

Michael Pollan

WorkGoodTimeFoodMoneyGood Food

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'

Monica Crowley

PatriotismDriveYouSeeingWithout

Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.

Joss Whedon

WorkTimeVacationYouProject

The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.

Jose Padilha

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By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Christopher Columbus

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