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“I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.”

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Annie Dillard is an American author known for her unique writing style and profound observations of nature. Born on April 30, 1945, she has written several notable works, including 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek' and 'Under the Sun'. more

“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.”

“I still do not understand how a corporation can have person-hood if it has no soul and never dies.”

Ifs Persons Stills Soul Dies Corporations Hood Personhood

Author:Jon Stewart

“Before people will do anything, they have got to eat. And if you are really looking for a way for people to lean on you and to be dependent on you, in terms of their cooperation with you, it seems to me that food dependence would be terrific.”

People Ifs Way Seems Would Be Term Dependent Cooperation Dependence Terrific

Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations in which people are enmeshed by virtue of group life.”

People Kind Social Virtue Groups Resources Relation Cooperation Attributes Rooted Propose Interdependence Cooperatives

Author:Frances Fox Piven

“The aim of development must be neither producerism not consumerism, but the satisfaction of fundamental human needs, which are not only needs of humanity...”

Needs Humans Humanity Development Aim Fundamentals Satisfaction Consumerism Human Needs

Author:Manfred Max Neef

“Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.”

Government Politics Powerful Institutions Consumers Pockets Most Powerful Consumerism Vigilante

Author:Anita Roddick

“Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.”

Dream Challenges Alive Overcoming Anticipation Worth Living Life Worth Living

Author:Mary Tyler Moore

“Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him.”

Men Reverence Anticipation True Happiness

Book:The Religion of Ruskin: The Life and Works of John Ruskin; a Biographical and Anthological Study

Source: The Religion of Ruskin: The Life and Works of John Ruskin; a Biographical and Anthological Study

“Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.”

Hope Conditions Comfort Imperfect Anticipation

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“You have to have hope. Otherwise, I don't think you could handle it. Of course, you have to have both luck and pluck to make it.”

Thinking Courses Luck Handle Anticipation Having Hope Pluck

Author:Clyde Tombaugh

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