Helena Norberg-Hodge Quotes

What motivates me is the conviction that our problems are mainly a consequence of a lack of holistic understanding of the man-made system in which we are entwined.

Helena Norberg-Hodge

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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

John Locke

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In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full professor from olden times.

Jeffrey C. Hall

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I love Cleveland; I'll always want to fight there. But there's a lot going on in New York. I'd like to go somewhere I'm not known as well.

Stipe Miocic

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A man may make a misanthrope of himself, but he is never one by nature.

Lucy Larcom

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Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China's millions of women by going into space.

Liu Yang

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It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others.

Jay Asher

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Free migration within Europe means that countries that have done a better job at reducing unemployment will predictably end up with more than their fair share of refugees. Workers in these countries bear the cost in depressed wages and higher unemployment, while employers benefit from cheaper labor.

Joseph Stiglitz

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During Ronald Reagan's administration, '60 Minutes' ran a segment about the difference between Reagan's rhetoric and Reagan's actions. The show thought it had produced a hard-hitting piece; Reagan's team called up '60 Minutes' to thank them for the 15-minute commercial.

David Shields

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My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.

David Suzuki

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Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.

Chuck Zito

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We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.

Shelley Duvall

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Through my studies, I became increasingly disillusioned with the international aid system. I think we systematically deny poor people the chance to engage as equals in the global economic order. At best, we give them handouts or tiny loans and hope they will suffer a bit less from extreme poverty. We don't view them as equals.

Leila Janah

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