#or

We recognize the chicken as another conscious being. It's different from us, but it has a life, and if something is really important for that chicken, if it would work hard to try to get it, and if we can give it without sacrificing something that's really important to us, then we should. ↗

— Peter Singer

#being #chicken #conscious #different #get

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#conquered #deal #disease #economic #economic problems

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#behind #capitalism #dynamic #force #historically

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#democracy #good #good works #government #nobody

Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#dollars #equal #i #imports #more

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#danger #downturn #downward #give #history

The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#believe #certain #chinese #committed #confident

They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.' ↗

— Tarsem Singh

#happens #horses #i #i am #lucky

'How' is a great thing to know. 'Why' is the ultimate. I'm the 'why' coach. Why are we doing this? Why are we not doing that? Why is this not working? Those are the things I want to know. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#doing #great #great thing #how #i

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#asian #asian countries #been #character #chronic