Rutger Bregman Basic income would give people the most important freedom: the freedom of deciding for themselves what they want to do with their lives. – Rutger Bregman Basic Quotes Deciding Quotes Freedom Quotes Income Quotes Lives Quotes People Quotes News reports following a natural disaster are almost always dominated by stories of looting and violence, but in many cases such stories turn out to be unfounded speculations based on rumour. The first thing we should acknowledge is that poverty is hugely expensive. It varies from country to country, but most of the time it’s around 3, 4 or 5% of GDP. If you look at what it would cost just to top up the income of all the poor people in a country, it would cost about 1% of GDP.
Juan Diego Florez I would love to bring the children from my foundation Sinfonia por el Peru to play with some of the best musicians in the world. – Juan Diego Florez
Patton Oswalt 90% of every art form is garbage – dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that’s good, suck it up, and drive on. – Patton Oswalt
Powers Boothe I’ve had presidents in my lifetime – and I’m old enough to have seen several – that I really detested, but they’re still my president. I’ve had presidents that I’ve really liked. – Powers Boothe
Steven Pinker In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them. – Steven Pinker
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