"Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society."

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Source : "Break the Koch Machine" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2014.

Robert Reich

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“It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.”
“England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a limited quantity, and the land that will grow wheat is absolutely dependent on difficult and capricious natural phenomena... I hope to point a way out of the colossal dilemma. It is the chemist who must come to the rescue of the threatened communities. It is through the laboratory that starvation may ultimately be turned into plenty... The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is one of the great discoveries, awaiting the genius of chemists.”
“To be a mentor for up-and-coming artists is right up my alley.”

Source : Jessica Simpson Gets the "Star Treatment in a Special Issue of WWD" by Allie Merriam, www.popsugar.com. March 28, 2011.
“The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.”
“My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next. Enjoyment while performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford.”
“Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.”
“Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.”
“I like the big questions.”

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