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David Cay Johnston

"In 1990, about 1 percent of American corporate profits were taken in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. By 2002, it was up to 17 percent, and it'll be up to 20-25 percent very quickly. It's a major problem. Fundamentally, we have a tax system designed for a national, industrial, wage economy, which is what we had in the early 1900s. We now live in a global, asset-based, services world. And we need to have a tax system that follows the economic order or it's going to interfere with economic growth, it's going to reduce people's incomes, and it's going to damage the US."

Source : "Our Indefensible Tax System". Interview With Jonathan Stein, www.motherjones.com. April 11, 2006.

David Cay Johnston

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“Huge advances in clean energy technology are happening all the time. Solar and wind are booming. New ways to generate energy from our windows, the paint on our walls, and even our bike paths are being invented all the time. Technology is moving forward, but it needs to be moving forward faster.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.”
“After directing awhile, you get an instinct about it, but you have to be able to trust your own feelings. Invariably, two-thirds of the way through a film, you say, "Jeezus, is this a pile of crap! What did I ever see in it in the first place?" You have to shut off your brain and forge ahead, because by that time you're getting so brainwashed. Once I commit myself to a film I commit myself to that ending, whatever the motivations and conclusions are.”
“To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight; Admiring, in the gloomy shade, Those little drops of light.”
“There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.”

Source : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.22, Read Books Ltd
“I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.”

Source : "Icahn on Icahn". www.breakingviews.com. March 27, 2012.
“I might have been born just plain white trash / but Fancy was my name.”
“And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head.”

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