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“I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.”

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David Burnett, born on September 7, 1946, is an accomplished photographer renowned for his ability to capture historical moments and portraitures. His career spans various fields, including magazine photography, documentary photography, and art photography. more

“How do you reconcile the lifestyle between the United States and Mexico? One is a very prosperous country, the other one is somewhat backwards. I mean, I don't want to denigrate them. And people want to go from Mexico into the US because it's much better there. Mexicans also have a grudge against the US. Most of the Western US was Mexican territory once, but they prefer to being in the US, not Mexico.”

People Want Mean Country States United United States Western Lifestyle Territory Mexico Backwards Mexican Prosperous Reconcile Grudge Prosperous Country

Author:Moshe Arens

“The United States does not have a very good record in the Middle East. I think they have the best of intentions but I think the problem is that it's very difficult from Washington, or from Iowa or Nebraska to understand what is happening in this crazy part of the world. In some cases US diplomacy has been somewhat naive.”

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Author:Moshe Arens

“Our [American] money system is structurally brittle. It doesn't matter if you put a very clever guy or a stupid guy at the wheel. The clever guy will take a half hour to have an accident, and the stupid guy will take ten minutes.”

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Author:Bernard Lietaer

“Basically, for any complex to be sustainable needs to have a balance between two factors: resilience and efficiency. These two factors can be calculated from the structure of the network that is involved in a complex system. A resilient, efficient system needs to be diverse and interconnected. On the other hand, diversity and interconnectivity decrease efficiency. Therefore, the key is an appropriate balance between efficiency and resilience.”

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Author:Bernard Lietaer

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