"Derek Bok asks the right question, 'What policies would produce the greatest happiness?' and he gives great and often startling answers, combining his deep knowledge of politics with the new findings of happiness research."

-- Richard Layard, Baron Layard

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“For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Ben & Jerry's evolved into what it is doing and is trying to transition its supply chain, but this is essentially retrofitting. In the social enterprise movement, we see companies whose essence, the products they make, the reason they exist from day one, is because these people see something out in the world that they cannot accept.”

Source : "Peace, love and fairtrade ice-cream" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. June 01, 2012.
“When our dreams seem to go sour or remain unfulfilled, hopelessness can dominate our lives-or we can hold on with open hands, knowing that we have hope because God is faithful.”

Source : Sheila Walsh (1999). “Life is Tough, But God is Faithful: How to See God's Love in Difficult Times”, Thomas Nelson Inc
“William Carlos Williams, late in his long life, had a dream: He saw an enormous spiral staircase in empty space, and his father slowly descending toward him. When he reached the bottom, his father walked over, looked him in the eye and said: â€œYou know those poems you're writing? They're no good.â€”

Source : Eliot Weinberger (2007). “An Elemental Thing”, p.115, New Directions Publishing
“My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.”
“As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.”
“I am going down first. Of course you're going down first, you're the guy.”
“The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.”

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