"Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation is a person, even though it doesn't eat, drink, make love, sing, raise children or take care of aging parents. You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people."

-- Bill Moyers

#Children Quotes #Long Quotes #People Quotes

“I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.”
“Dance gave me a focus so I could survive, and energy so I could have confidence in myself.”
“I always say that I'm really inspired by mistakes and things that kind of go wrong.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that often seems difficult and mundane. They promise health, wealth, wisdom, eternal life. But if you examine the record, it's not the psychics but the hard-nosed scientists who have actually delivered the things that improve human life. And, to me, science describes a world far more interesting than any psychic fantasy. It's a good world -- not perfect -- but it's ours. So we'd better learn to live with it, the way it is.”
“Clam chowder is one of those subjects, like politics or religion, that can never be discussed lightly. Bring it up even incidentally, and all the innumerable factions of the clam bake regions raise their heads and begin to yammer.”
“A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in poverty. People don't know how different it is over there.”
“If you don't create your reality, your reality will create you.”
“What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.”

Source : "Wendell Pierce Goes to Market". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2012.

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