“Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.” HardWillingOughtAccountsDollarsConvictionAccessOur FamilyBurnedBank AccountsWilling To LearnAccess To Education Author:Dave Obey
“It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment.” TryingMindHardMomentsSeemsCoursesGivenGoalConsciousnessStrangeGoes OnAccountsWorthyTinyTruthfulRepresentationInstantaneous Author:George Saunders
“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance of a thousand veils.' Only hard and accurate information on reserves, current accounts, and monetary and fiscal conditions will keep capital from fleeing precipitously at the first sign of trouble.” FirstsHardAgeTroubleConditionsInformationThousandAccountsFinancialCurrentsInvestorsAccurateReservesVeilsMonetaryFleeingAccurate Information Author:Lawrence Summers