"I don't know of any other form of life that gathers up all the food it needs in the first two-thirds of its life in order to do nothing in its last third of life. In a utopian presentist society, instead of working extra hard to put money in the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around you."

-- Douglas Rushkoff

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“The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.”
“[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.”
“Iâ€™m stuck somewhere a small island in the middle of the Atlantic where Iâ€™m alone. Because in France, theyâ€™re like, no, youâ€™re not like us, youâ€™re not a French guy. And in America, theyâ€™re like, youâ€™re not like us. Iâ€™m really alone in my little thing.”
“The key to a great story is not who, or what, or when, but why.”

Source : "Fictional character: Elliot Carver". "Tomorrow Never Dies", www.imdb.com. December 9, 1997.
“Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque.”
“I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.”
“Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat, despair, doubt, and disbelief. To a newness of life I come--a life of faith, hope courage, and joy. No task looms too large; no responsibility too heavy; no duty is a burden. All things become possible.”
“People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.”

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