“I studied and worked in a Chinese restaurant to support myself. People would say to me 'Oh you must be missing home', but I had grown up hard. I was so happy to be there. I had never even been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me open the refrigerator, because they worried I'd damage the door by opening it too many times.” PeopleHardHomeAmericaParentSupportDoorsMissingLet MeOpeningChineseWorriedDamageRestaurantsSupermarketsRefrigeratorsComing To America Author:Wendi Deng Murdoch
“We have to use all of America's strengths to build a world with more partners and fewer adversaries, more shared responsibility and fewer conflicts, more good jobs and less poverty, more broadly based prosperity with less damage to our environment.” WorldUseJobsAmericaResponsibilityPovertyUnited StatesEnvironmentConflictProsperityPartnersDamageFewerGood JobAdversariesOur EnvironmentShared Responsibility Book:Hard Choices Source: Hard Choices
“Any kind of food you eat is going to have an impact on the world. If you switch to tofu and get off meat, the soy bean is doing enormous damage in the Amazon and all throughout South America.” IfsWorldKindAmericaImpactSouthEnormousMeatDamageBeansAmazonSouth AmericaTofuSoyImpact On The World Author:Michael Pollan