#stan

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #stan




I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture.


Peter Singer


#book #clearer #confirmed #happened #i

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.


Peter Singer


#also #concerned #countries #even #exploitation

Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation.


Peter Singer


#breaks #community #different #different sort #down

They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences.


Peter Singer


#be different #best #circumstances #consequences #differences

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off.


Peter Singer


#affluence #back #countries #developed #developed countries

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

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.


Manmohan Singh


#been #economy #i #i think #india

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.


Mike Singletary


#i #i want you #make #one thing #thing

I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.


Gary Sinise


#both #brings #constant #fine #game

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered.


Douglas Sirk


#assistant #before #during #hunter #interfered