"But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living."

-- David Korten

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“We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake. Therefore at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the gold price, manage it. It was very difficult to get the gold price under control but we have now succeeded. The US Fed was very active in getting the gold price down. So was the U.K.”
“How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?”

Source : "Q+A: Ridley Scott's Star Wars". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. June 4, 2012.
“The traveller must be somebody and come from somewhere, so that his definite character and moral traditions may supply an organ and a point of comparison for his observations.”
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“I believe that in a contest between the living and the almost living, the latter must, if necessary, give way to the will of the former.”
“It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.”
“We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.”

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