#than

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration. ↗

— Susan George

#army #because #better #colonialism #control

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing. ↗

— Susan George

#acquisitions #actually #called #course #downsizing

If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#lives #look #lot #made #moments

I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, my 12-year-old son is my hero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can't imagine anything that would be more exciting. ↗

— Jim Lampley

#charge #could #day #every #every day

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#bravery #day #embodied #how #i

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#always #better #better way #development #emphasize

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee? ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#committee #more #than #un-american

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#attainment #being #coercion #encouragement #forfeiture

A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity. ↗

— Mary Garden

#anything #creativity #else #emotion #get

I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#aspect #could #expected #external #flourishing