“We can bring to earth a new world from the ashes of the old because our union transforms us the powerless into the powerful. And I ask you to join together in using all that power-all that strength to make the dreams of all workers and communities around the world come true.” WorldDreamEarthTogetherAsksCommunityPowerfulLaborUnionsWorkersAround The WorldNew WorldAshesPowerless Author:Andy Stern
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” LoveLifeBelieveFactsDreamSpiritualDeathHopeI BelieveImaginationLove IsPowerfulGriefLaughingLaughterStrongerMythCuresTriumphGrievingMy ImaginationBereavementInsperationalHopes And DreamsGriefingCreative ImaginationGrief LossGreat ImaginationDeath GriefGrief And DeathLove And LaughterGrief ComfortImagination And DreamsPower Of LaughterGrief And HopeInspirational LaughterAlways Laughing Book:It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Source: It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
“I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV studio for a debate about his long-time working friendship with the powerful Bush family from Texas and how it might affect the next Bush presidency when The Terminator seizes power in Sacramento and tries to hand over the state's 54 electoral votes by election day in 2004. That is the basic plan behind Schwarzenegger running. He doesn't want to be Governor, he just wants the electoral votes to go to Bush this time.” WayWantTryingLongStatesDreamHandsMightRunningLastsNightNextPowerfulBehindsPlansTvsLong TimeVoteElectionStudiosDebateHorribleTexasGovernorsPresidencyLast NightMikeElection DayTysonSchwarzeneggerSacramento Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.” TryingStatesDreamInterestPowerfulGroupsSucceedStandardsGoldImpactProfoundLeavingOperationsAffectedMonetaryMonetary SystemGold Standard Author:Robert Gilpin
“Basically, there are two kinds of stereotypes out there in the world about America. There's America the Goliath - the big, powerful, bullying country that pushes its way around the world and gets its ways, pursues its own interests nakedly, irrespective of what others want. And the other stereotype is America, the land of opportunity, where everyone can go and do anything, be anything, make any dreams come true.” WorldWayWantKindTwoCountryDreamBigsAmericaOpportunityInterestPowerfulLandPursueAround The WorldBullyingStereotypeDreams Come TrueGoliathLand Of Opportunity Author:Shashi Tharoor
“Our status as a land of equal opportunity has made us a rich and powerful nation, but it has also transformed lives. It has given people like me the chance to grow up knowing that no dream was too big and no goal out of reach.” PeopleMadeDreamBigsOpportunityGivenNationsGrowsGoalChancePowerfulPovertyGrowing UpKnowingRichLandEqualLike MeTransformedEqual Opportunity Book:American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone Source: American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
“I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to assume that capitalism can somehow assure moral behavior or character, that's just a pipe dream.” ThinkingRealCharacterDreamPowerfulMoralMoralityBehaviorCapitalismAssumingTensionPipePipe DreamsMoral Behavior Author:Michael Pollan