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Jonathon Porritt

""The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing forests, accelerating climate change, forced migration and mass civil disruption...The long and the short of it, unfortunately, is this: more politicians still believe that economic recovery depends on continuing to live beyond our means (financially and ecologically) than on learning to live within our means. And that's why the ultimate "Perfect Storm" recession still looms on the horizon"

-- Jonathon Porritt

#Business Quotes #Believe Quotes #Recovery Quotes

“I was brought in by the White House as GM's chairman in 2009, around the time of the bankruptcy, and became CEO later that year. As a company, we were grateful for the government's support. But as GM's financial health began to improve, I could detect no real sense of urgency, or even interest, on the part of the government to relinquish control.”
“Take what you can use and let the rest go by.”
“Maybe it's just me but I would suspect that a man trying to impress a woman would be more likely to bring out the steak - "I killed this for you, now I'm grilling it for you."”
“All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.”
“When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.”
“Pretending is the grease of non-relationships. Pretending is how you and I get through the day without ever having to know each other. When I walk in the room, you say to me, 'How are you?' Well, you don't want to know. And, frankly, I don't want to tell you. So I just say, 'Fine,' and you go, 'Fine.' And off we go.”
“Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.”

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“A smile flitted across War's mouth, hidden by her helmet. She had little patience for religion (although she approved heartily of the religious fanatics who sought to cleanse the world of heresy), and the only faith War had was in cold steel and hot blood.”

Source : Jackie Morse Kessler (2010). “Hunger”, p.150, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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