John Perkins These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries. – John Perkins Basically Quotes Build Quotes Companies Quotes Countries Quotes Electrical Quotes Families Quotes Highways Quotes Ports Quotes Serve Quotes Wealthiest Quotes We’ve built the largest empire in the history of the world. It’s been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It’s only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort. There’s no question in my mind that it was C.I.A. sanctioned, and most – many Latin American investigators have come to the same conclusion. Of course, we never heard about that in our country.
Paul Whitehouse I was put on blood-pressure medication for a couple of years, but when it didn’t really seem to go down, they brought me back in, did an angiogram and told me, ‘Oh, you’ve got one artery that’s only got ten per cent function.’ – Paul Whitehouse
Soichiro Honda If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like. – Soichiro Honda
Matthew Koma I’m attracted to lyricists with a unique, sincere and consistent perspective. – Matthew Koma
Jordana Brewster I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus. – Jordana Brewster
ComputersDennis Ritchie My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being – well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school. – Dennis Ritchie
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