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“Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.”

Important Social Process Decision Produce Majors Function Institutions Mere Backgrounds Decision Making Minors Supplements Important Decisions Decision Making Process Social Capital

Book:Knowledge And Decisions

Source: Knowledge And Decisions

“I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on TV. I've been on TV. I could be on TV all the time if I wanted to. But most people will never get on TV. It has to be a real breakthrough for them. And trouble is, people will do almost anything to get on it. You know, confess to crimes they haven't committed. You don't exist unless you're on TV. Yeah, it's a validation process.”

Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

“the internationalization of economic activity and its major vehicle, the TNC, can be regarded simply as being part of the normal expansive process of capitalist development.”

Process Economic Development Activity Normal Majors Capitalist Vehicle

Book:Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century

Source: Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century

“If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.”

Ifs World Way Want Should Country Process Decision Economic Majors Trade Democratic Agreement Decision Making Trade Agreements Countries Of The World Democratic Country Decision Making Process

Author:Dana Rohrabacher

“I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.”

Important Inspiration Moving Process Majors Beats Notes Cards Boards Plot Sheets Outlines

Author:Kami Garcia

“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.”

Giving Done Action Political Process Chance Economy Media Conflict Benefits Majors Capitalism Majority Climate Change Stuck Minorities Elites Catastrophe Threatening Outlets Emissions

Author:Naomi Klein

“I think crossing into the digital age is the big move for the industry. I think it will be the biggest thing that's happened while I've been making movies. I equate it to the invention of color or sound, and I don't see any other major technical process coming along and changing that.”

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Author:George Lucas

“Our incredible bewilderment (wilderness separation) blinds us from seeing that our many personal and global problems primarily result from our assault of and separation from the natural creation process within and around us. Our estrangement from nature leaves us wanting,and when we want there is never enough. Our insatiable wanting is called greed. It is a major source of our destructive dependencies and violence.”

“Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital character, that costs twice as much as having Tom Cruise in a movie.”

People Ifs Kind Character Process Realizing Cost Majors Digital Toms Jars Cruise Movie Love

Author:Rick McCallum

“I think the whole human-induced greenhouse gas thing is a red herring... . I see climate change as due to the ocean circulation pattern. I see this as a major cause of climate change... . These are natural processes. We shouldn't blame them on humans and CO2.”

Thinking Humans Whole Causes Process Natural Ocean Majors Red Blame Climate Climate Change Patterns Dues Gas Circulation Greenhouses Greenhouse Gases Co2 Herring Red Herrings

Author:William M. Gray

“The reality is that we have one of lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth because so many people have given up on the political process. The reality is that there has been trillions of dollars of wealth going from the middle class in the last 30 years to the top 1/10th of 1 percent.”

People Years Has Beens Country Reality Earth Lasts Political Given Process Wealth Class Middle Majors Percent Dollars Middle Class Voters Lowest Given Up Voter Turnout

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Each time we go through a major life change (getting married or divorced, moving, having a family, switching careers, starting a new business, going back to school), we experience a breakdown of our organizational systems. It's inevitable-we are dealing with a new set of realities-and it takes time to process the information and to actually see what there is to organize.”

“I was fortunate enough to have gone through the major label process and kind of have the inside scoop on some things, some information I wouldn't have normally had. To go from a major to an independent, I don't think it's an easy transition.”

Thinking Kind Enough Easy Process Gone Information Majors Independent Labels Fortunate Transition

Author:Joe Budden

“The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively address complex, long-term problems like the climate crisis. Which brings me to my other major concern - the short-term focus of capitalism. It distorts the allocation of resources and the decision-making processes of companies.”

“Another point is that ultimately, as far as the budget is concerned, of major importance is who offers more money during the bidding that must be organized as a part of the privatization process. In this sense, we cannot discriminate against any market participants, not one of them, but this is not relevant at the moment, as the Government has decided to postpone the privatization of Bashneft.”

Moments Government Process Offers Majors Concerned Decided Importance Budgets Organized Relevant More Money Participants Bidding Privatization

Author:Vladimir Putin

“I think we've come to a kind of splinter period in poetry. These tiny little bright fragments of observation - and not produced under sufficient pressure - some of it's very skillful, but I don't think there's anywhere a discernible major poet in the process of emerging; or if he is, I ain't seen him.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Littles Process Poet Periods Majors Pressure Tiny Observation Sufficient Fragments Emerging Skillful Splinters

Author:Conrad Aiken

“We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with Mercosur, South America. So there are a number of these trade agreements in the major markets of the world.”

World States America Process United Numbers United States Majors India Trade South China Agreement Negotiating South America Trade Agreements

Author:Thabo Mbeki

“Procurement policies of all of the major parastatals, it is a very important element of that processes that will continue.”

Important Process Policy Elements Majors Procurement

Author:Thabo Mbeki

“I have great hope and faith, but it's a humanistic faith based in facts; you have to believe that facts exist. We can all arrive at the same facts if we engage in the process of experimentation, observation, and verification, which can solve more of the world's major problems than a debate over whether God does or doesn't exist.”

Ifs World Believe Doe Facts Problem Process Majors Solve Debate Observation Experimentation Hope And Faith Great Hope Humanistic Faith Based Major Problems Verification

Author:Greg Graffin