"Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate."

-- Mark Skousen

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“I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.”
“Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.”
“I get letters from kids, teenagers and young girls who just want to be Mac. I've had quite a few people actually say that they're going to become a Marine or a JAG lawyer because of me... the character. I think that's pretty cool!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved. Regardless of the good in those ideas, it wouldn't.”
“The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.”
“Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.”

Source : Ernst Hans Gombrich (1977). “Art and illusion: a study in the psychology of pictorial representation”
“For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.”
“I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs.”

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