#owing

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#focus #focused #horribly #impossible #lot

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. ↗

— Solomon Short

#being #being smart #dumb #half #knowing

As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#alone #always #among #being #brothers

Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. ↗

— Peter Singer

#control #knowing #likely #makes #more

If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and don't cheat,' it is somewhat hypocritical if you're not following the same rules. ↗

— James Sinegal

#customers #following #going #honestly #hypocritical

Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites; it is simply flowing between them. ↗

— June Singer

#between #flowing #manage #opposites #relationship

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people go through life without ever knowing. ↗

— June Singer

#drive #ever #go #hood #knowing

I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anywhere #calling #democracy #dominated #elections

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good. ↗

— Peter Singer

#about #also #around #considered #generally

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys. ↗

— Amy Smart

#growing up #i #skating #sort #tomboy