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Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#changes #changing #climate #degrees #diminishes

I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women are, we believe, the solution for their families in their ability to go out and increase household income. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#been #believe #decade #economic #empowerment

There's obviously a correlation between an economically empowered woman and the investments she makes. That leads to her social and moral conscience for bettering her community. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#community #conscience #correlation #economically #empowered

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#cause #come #difficulties #economic #economy

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#difficulties #economic #future #government #isolation

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#economic #economy #enterprise #finish #know

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#based #challenging #criteria #cultural #dominance

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#believe #competition #conflicts #economic #geopolitical

We don't see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a time, and all these are incompatible with rationality as economic theory assumes it. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#economic #economic theory #far #focused #future

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress. ↗

— Karen Kain

#city #economic #integral #part #progress