#ene

Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.' ↗

— James Chanos

#australia #china #clearly #clients #complacency

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen. ↗

— Fred Upton

#back #because #benefit #benefiting #benefits

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear. ↗

— Ray Charles

#been #hadn #happened #hear #i

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#been #before #change #change things #film

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn't create that - society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that's good. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#as far as #be the first #being #come #create

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes. ↗

— Joan Chen

#find #i #intimate #more #other

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't. ↗

— Joan Chen

#advice #asking #being #believe #general

Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day. ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#apples #busy #day #energy #fruit

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#figures #generation #grand #heroes #history

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#been #crash #generation #had #lost