"It is important to know how influential people think and perceive their countrymen, let's say, especially when you are talking about people in power. I think it can be very revealing how they regard themselves and their relationship or their responsibility to their countrymen. That is vital for us all to know and in order to be able to judge them and evaluate them."

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Jon Lee Anderson

#Responsibility Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“In government procurement, for example, the opportunity German firms have in the United States is 10 times larger than in Canada.”
“Itâ€™s not a nice-to-haveâ€”itâ€™s a must-have. Itâ€™s time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a womenâ€™s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us.”
“A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.”

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“The first major issue you need to consider when focusing on today's workers: You have to know what motivates them. If you think it's primarily money, think again. The biggest single change in the workforce of the entrepreneurial age is the list of priorities workers bring to the job. Except paycheck there are new considerations: impact, freedom, quality of life. Employees today have higher expectations; they are looking for what I call "psychic equity". Make your workplace more entrepreneurial and flexible or find your workers fleeing to launch enterprises of their own.”

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“The important thing is not what we look like, but the role we play in our best friendâ€™s life. Friends choose certain friends because thatâ€™s the kind of company they are looking for at that specific time, not because theyâ€™re the correct height, age, or have the right hair color”
“Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore.”
“Tell the other rangers, the ambassadors, everyone is this army of light. Babylon 5 stands with you. Tell them, tell them that from this place with will deliver notice to the parliaments of conquerors that a line has been drawn against the darkness and we will hold that line no matter the cost.”
“Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.”

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