Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Occupy is anything but a protest movement. That's why it has been so hard for news agencies to express or even discern the 'demands' of the growing legions of Occupy participants around the nation, and even the world.

Douglas Rushkoff

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WorldNewsGrowingWhyMovement

A queer fellow and a jolly fellow is the grasshopper. Up the mountains he comes on excursions, how high I don't know, but at least as far and high as Yosemite tourists.

John Muir

MountainsKnowHighUpYosemiteFar

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Angelina Jolie

MeDestroysNourishesAlso

You need to live life to be able to have something to draw from.

Sissy Spacek

LifeLiveLive LifeYouNeedAble

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

Mary Shelley

ParentsMindBondageEveryFaculty

With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.

Martin Van Buren

RespectGreatGovernmentCongress

All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don't invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don't invest in them, we lose.

Michelle Obama

PeopleColorPotentialLoseYoung

I think in the last thirty years, the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer. It is not something that you can see with rose-colored glasses.

Mira Nair

GlassesRichThinkYouPoorThirty

We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal cliff deal at the end of 2012, which saved 99 percent of Americans from a tax increase.

Mitch McConnell

ControlEndBudgetTaxCliffAct

I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.

Josephine Baker

DiscriminationUnitedAwaySt. Louis

For any good course, you need somewhere beautiful to swim with a nice backdrop, some nice roads to cycle on, and a nice, fast run.

Jonathan Brownlee

GoodBeautifulRoadsYouNiceRun

Comfort is of great importance to me. I really want to encourage girls to dress in whatever they feel comfortable in and not get bogged down by fashion trends.

Deepika Padukone

GreatDressMeFashionFeelDown

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

Bob Inglis

StudentOverSignificantAidPackage

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