“The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self.” WritingSelfHomeFoundCompanyStruggleGraceHappenedMaterialsCapitalismTiredEverydayThings HappenBrokeBest ThingsComing HomeEngineeringBest SelfBeing BrokeBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:George Saunders
“It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.” ShouldYearsYoungArtistCompanyStruggleColorColourDeprivationYoung Artists Author:El Greco
“In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.” IfsWantStillsShowsGovernmentNamesSidesCompanyLibertyStruggleDemocracyOur LivesSecurityJudgingBalanceCitizensAngelSafetyDetailsTerrorismIntimatePrivacyMassiveThreatenedTransparencyCounter Terrorism Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.” TryingMy OwnPayCompanyStruggleScriptsOddPhiladelphiaCheesecake Author:Nancy Meyers
“You will never ever, in any circumstance, win any struggle at any time. That being said, we have a long way to go. At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” WayLongSaidMomentsWinningGoalCompanyStruggleMediaCircumstancesBattleUltimatePhonesCapitalistTelephonesLong WayCablesUltimate GoalNeutralityLong Way To Go Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.” PeopleWayNeedsMadeMomentsRunningActionChallengesLeadershipAnswersCompanyLeaderStruggleTeacherSolutionsResourcesCoachesEmpoweringClosestEncouragingFrontline Author:Steve Miller
“There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't do in every square, that you can do in some of them, building a mosaic of these kinds of practices. There are about 400 cable television networks, for example, that are publicly owned. That's a big fight for big private companies. In some areas, this is a political struggle, in some it's conventional common sense.” KindDifferentBigsMovingPoliticalFightingCan DoCommonCitiesCompanyPracticeStruggleExampleTelevisionBuildingAreasStrategyCommon SenseSquaresConventionalCablesMosaicsPolitical StruggleCheckerboard Author:Gar Alperovitz
“Under the current U.S. policy, because of this power struggle, American oil companies can't do business with Iran. So I think the ultimate goal of the U.S. administration in Iran is regime change, to put into power a pro-Western government that will eliminate the strategic challenge to U.S. interests and, at the same time, allow the lifting of sanctions and allowing American oil companies to do business with Iran.” ThinkingGovernmentGoalInterestChallengesCompanyStrugglePolicyUltimateWesternCurrentsOilAdministrationIranAllowingRegimesStrategicLiftingSanctionsUltimate GoalOil CompaniesPower StruggleRegime Change Author:Michael Klare
“You've got the oil companies fighting Pope Francis. Fighting the scientists of the world. Fighting the governor of California. They are engaged in literally a life-and-death struggle, and I have no doubt who is going to be the victor.” WorldFightingCompanyStruggleDoubtScientistOilCaliforniaEngagedNo DoubtLife And DeathGovernorsPopeOil Companies Author:Jerry Brown