“Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.” TwoStatesInterestPartyWillingToolsFunctionTradeScalesGoodsTextbooksSellersBuyersLarge ScalePrivate Parts Author:Charles C. Mann
“First we must see that we cannot will ourselves to be open because openness is our very nature. Any tiny residue of willing, of wanting to be open takes us away from what we are. Willing never goes beyond willing. So the only way to be free from this circle is to glimpse the truth that openness is the egoless state, that it is here and now” WayFirstsStatesWillingTinyCirclesOpennessGlimpseHere And Now Book:I Am Source: I Am
“Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are projects that strike me as so beautiful, important, complicated, or just plain big, that they convince me of my own inadequacy. This awful state of reverence leads to paralyzing brain freeze. At times like that the only way out is for me to decide, 'To hell with it. I can't do it right, so I'll do it wrong. I can't do it well, but I can do it badly.' Sometimes, with luck, while I'm sweating to do it wrong, I stumble on a right way.” WayWellsI CanImportantSometimesStatesBigsBeautifulCan DoMy OwnMistakeBrainHellWillingProjectsLuckComplicatedStrikesAwfulConvinceMaking MistakesReverenceRight WayFreezeI Can Do ItSave MeInadequacySweating Author:Katherine Dunn
“Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint for the sake of the nation as a whole. We need a new era of fiscal sanity. I am not willing to subject my children and grandchildren to the level of debt that Congress has created.” NeedsChildrenStatesEnoughWholeNationsLevelsSubjectsWillingInvolvedMembersSakeCongressDebtErasMy ChildrenSanityRestraintGrandchildrenEmphasisChildren And GrandchildrenNew EraGrabbing Author:John Ensign
“If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public.” IfsStatesFactsEducationGreaterWillingPromiseLaysProfessionEngaged Book:Isocrates Source: Isocrates
“From Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope:" "I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love are of the same sex - nor am I willing to accept a reading of the Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount."” PeopleBookMatterStatesReadingSexLinesAcceptingChristianityRightsWillingCitizensUnionsIslamDenyHospitalsObscureSermonsHusseinDefiningCoverageAmerican CitizensMind BlowingAudacityChristianity And IslamVisitationSermon On The MountChristian HopeAudacity Of HopeHealth Insurance Coverage Author:Barack Obama
“What’s the point of opening yourself up to your friends if they don’t notice you in your vulnerable state? The point of it all is to love friends completely and utterly, at their best and worst, and to love more than just the good things. It’s about showing that you’re willing to accept them for whatever they are, that they should not feel insecure or self-conscious in your presence, which can be a hard task to achieve.” IfsFeelsShouldSelfHardStatesAcceptingAchieveWorstWillingConsciousTasksGood ThingsOpeningVulnerableInsecureSelf ConsciousYour Presence Author:Esther Earl
“The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed.” GivingStatesStrongChanceUnitedUnited StatesWillingSucceedDiplomacy Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I really am tired of all the Clinton Democrats running around getting all-sanctimonious over Iraq. It was them who killed 1.5 to 2.2 million Iraqis through sanctions. Sanctions that Madeline Albright, their illustrious Secretary of State, when confronted with the fact of 500,000 dead Iraqi children, said it was a price she was willing to pay.” ChildrenSaidStatesFactsRunningPayMillionsWillingTiredClintonDemocratIraqSecretarySanctionsSanctimoniousMadeline Author:Scott Ritter