"Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings."

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Source : "Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

Madeleine M. Kunin

#Corporations Quotes #Usual Quotes #Campaigns Quotes

“Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land.”
“The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world,”
“In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (1998). “Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982”, p.88, Shambhala Publications
“You shouldn't wallow in self-pity. But it's OK to put your feet in it and swish them around a little.”
“Winning is irrelevant when youâ€™re 11 or 12 years old. It really is it. At youth tournaments, I look at the technical ability of the players. Whether the team wins or loses - I donâ€™t care.”
“Music gives color to the air of the moment.”
“My first feeling was a wild desire to drive a stake in the sand and claim the place for myself. The beach was white as salt, and cut off from the world by a ring of steep hills that faced the sea. We were on the edge of a large bay and the water was that clear, turquoise color that you get with a white sand bottom. I had never seen such a place. I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again.”
“Today we are on the brink of another extraordinary revolution. The Information Age is already over and an exciting new epoch is taking its place. Remember, the key point is this: When wealth is derived from a new source - say information rather than industry - a new economic era is born.”

Source : Patricia Aburdene (2005). “Megatrends Two Thousand and Ten”, Hampton Roads Publishing Company Incorporated

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