#ge

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside. ↗

— George Soros

#becomes #bigger #less #situation #takes

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well. ↗

— George Soros

#anti-semitism #bush #bush administration #contribute #does

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire. ↗

— George Soros

#defeat #earth #external #getting #most

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. ↗

— George Soros

#annually #beneficiaries #benefits #billions #commodity

Change is rarely comfortable. ↗

— Arno Penzias

#comfortable #rarely

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#include #love #love stories #stories #theme

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#coin #concepts #constructs #equating #explain

I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#get #i #know #like #me

I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#career #down #exploitative #getting #gotten

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#cards #get #i #keys #rock