“Daily life is a comprimised blend of posturing for the sake of role-playing and of varying degrees of self-revelation. Under stressful conditions even the "true" self cannot be precisely defined, as Erving Goffman observes. ...Little wonder that the identity crisis is a major source of modern neuroticism, and that the urban middle class aches for a return to a simpler existence.” LittlesSelfLife IsExistenceWonderClassRolesModernMiddleConditionsIdentitySourceReturnDegreesMajorsCrisisSakeDefinedRevelationsMiddle ClassDaily LifeUrbanTrue SelfAcheStressfulIdentity CrisisRole PlayingSelf Revelation Author:E. O. Wilson
“In the course of the twenty-first century what may be called the "capital wage" could be added to the labor wage and the social wage, so that middle-class Americans - not merely an affluent minority - might derive income from three sources rather than just two.” FirstsMayTwoWisdomMightThreeCoursesPoliticsSocialClassEconomyMiddleCenturySourceLaborTwentiesIncomeLiberalismMinoritiesMiddle ClassAffluent Author:Michael Lind
“American mission in Iraq is clear: We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We're advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren.” ChildrenWarHelpingNationsClearViolenceMiddleSourceOur ChildrenFoundationIraqTerrorMissionsEastTerroristAlliesHuntingMiddle EastGrandchildrenAdvancingWar On TerrorInstability Author:George W. Bush
“There are several sources for my appreciation of pastors and the way they are described in this book. One of them is reading history and realizing that they had a profound creative impact on the Middle West and the settlement of the Middle West.” WayBookReadingRealizingCreativeMiddleSourceImpactProfoundWestAppreciationPastorSettlementReading History Author:Marilynne Robinson
“We come from an abundant, endlessly providing, always forthcoming, always giving source. If we would just stay like that, if we would be forthcoming and giving and sharing and allowing, excluding no one, then it wouldn't be possible to have wars in the Middle East, or poverty in Africa, or any of these kinds of things.” IfsGivingKindWarWould BePovertyMiddleSourceEastAllowingMiddle EastProvidingForthcoming Author:Wayne Dyer
“There are a few societies that show signs of having been very rational about the physics of construction and the physics of real life. Some of the old middle-Eastern societies had downdraft systems over whole cities, and passive, rapid-evaporation ice-making systems. They were rational people using good physical principles to make themselves comfortable without additional sources of energy.” PeopleRealWholeShowsEnergyCitiesPrinciplesMiddleSourceComfortablePhysicsReal LifeRationalIceConstructionPassiveEasternRapidsEvaporation Author:Bill Mollison
“We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development in the new clean energy industries of the future are much higher priorities for most voters than capping carbon emissions or taxing dirty energy sources. So why not redefine our agenda as the solution to those problems?” KnowsProblemJobsEnergyEconomicMiddleSourceDevelopmentIndustryHigherCreatingSolutionsIndependenceCleanOilEastPrioritiesDirtyAgendasWhy NotVotersMiddle EastCarbonEmissionsEconomic DevelopmentClean EnergyEnergy SourcesCarbon EmissionsCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceEnergy Industry Author:Ted Nordhaus
“Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.” PresidentPartyKnownClassEconomyMiddleSourceProsperityEnterpriseMiddle ClassFree Enterprise Author:Marco Rubio