"The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track."

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“If the would-be writer studies people in their everyday lives and discovers how to make his characters in their quieter moods interesting to his readers, he will have learned far more than he can ever learn from the constant presentation of crises.”
“In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives.”
“Have you ever thought that radical ideas threaten institutions, then become institutions, and in turn reject radical ideas which threaten institutions?”
“Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading.”
“Theres always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.”
“I think one of poetry's functions is not to give us what we want... The poet isn't always of use to the tribe. The tribe thrives on the consensual. The tribe is pulling together to face the intruder who threatens it. Meanwhile, the poet is sitting by himself in the graveyard talking to a skull.”
“What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?'”
“To help your concentration, don't take too much time.”

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