“Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made me think of The Little Mermaid and that made me remember something I had just read about the incredibly complex process by which tadpoles (actual little mermaids) are somehow able to reabsorb their tails and fashion their future frog legs.” ThinkingLittlesMadeAbleRememberProcessDealsFashionSourceLoversAgingSilentComplexesLegsTailsNegotiationBargainsFrogsMermaidRemember SomethingTadpoles Author:Rae Armantrout
“The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.” YearsProblemUsedWealthSourceGeniusYears AgoComplexesExtraordinarySolveRecognitionAndrewPublic GoodCarnegieComplex ProblemsJohn D Rockefeller Author:Judith Rodin
“In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.” WorldNaturalImpossibleSourceUnderstoodCapitalismComplexesIncomeAlternativesFarmersAsiaRiceNatural ThingsSoutheast AsiaSouth Asia Author:John Burdett
“Behold your little ones. Pray with them. Pray for them and bless them. The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world. They will run into heavy seas of adversity. They will need all the strength and all the faith you can give them while they are yet near you. While they are young, pray with them that they may come to know that source of strength which shall then always be taught of the Lord' and great shall be the peace of thy children.” KnowsWorldNeedsGivingMayChildrenLittlesRunningMovingYoungDifficultLordSeaTaughtSourcePrayingAdversityComplexesHeavyBlessSource Of Strength Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“It's fair to say that black folks operate under a cloud of invisibility - this too is part of the work, is indeed central to [my photographs]... This invisibility - this erasure out of the complex history of our life and time - is the greatest source of my longing.” BlackOur LivesSourceFairsLongingComplexesPhotographCloudsFolksInvisibilityLife And Time Author:Carrie Mae Weems
“Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.” ImportantWholeFacesIssuesSourceIntellectualPropertyComplexesOwnershipIntellectual PropertyOpen SourceCultural Issues Book:Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World Source: Leaders in Computing: Changing the Digital World