#dec

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living. ↗

— David Korten

#decent #economy #everybody #extent #living

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay. ↗

— David Korten

#deceiving #due #generally #growth #jobs

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy. ↗

— David Korten

#brussels #citizens #decision #democracy #eu

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades. ↗

— John P. Kotter

#anytime #change #competition #decades #down

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#after #between #black #black and white #board

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. ↗

— Diana Krall

#difficult #emotional #i #know #life

It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#beings #children #decent #hope #human

I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#better #bigger #choice #choose #choosing

The first acting thing I ever did was my senior year I decided not to play a sport in the Spring and, in that Spring B.J. Novak who went to school with me, asked if I'd be in this show that was a parody of all the teachers in the school, 'sure!' That was the first acting thing I did. ↗

— John Krasinski

#asked #decided #did #ever #first

You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor. ↗

— Alfredo Kraus

#choice #decide #make #music #popular