#bout

And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money goes, I know we will demand change. ↗

— John Perkins

#aid #because #book #change #corporations

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful. ↗

— John Perkins

#back #basically #become #been #big

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that. ↗

— John Perkins

#again #around #believe #change #country

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#area #came #children #parents #polish

When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time. ↗

— Rachel Perry

#always #ask #balance #celebrities #crazy

I come from New York originally, but Californians have been wonderful about animals. These animals are so nice and so good and so sweet and intelligent. It's a crime not to help them. ↗

— Dick Van Patten

#been #californians #come #crime #good

I did this movie about Salvador Dali a few years ago and had hair extensions and a little bob. That was incredibly bizarre. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#ago #bizarre #bob #dali #did

I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning 10 pounds a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#doing #earning #i #money #obsessed

I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#able #about #been #cared #drove

This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different. ↗

— Alice Paul

#affairs #anything #been #came #crisis