Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but the message was clear: the divisions between those who are fortunate enough to enjoy city living as opposed to those who find it unbearable are too wide.
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have to take care of them! Th... PILGRIMS The response was very limited, and that was a clear message. Those top donors - and I called many of... FRED BERKENKAMP Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential ... GAUTAMA BUDDHA Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender ... RICHARD ATTIAS the natural animosity between those who slept and those who were stirring in the sleeping city. STEFAN ZWEIG Those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. J.K. ROWLING There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a politica... DAVID HARVEY When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applau... DIETER F. UCHTDORF Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it. TOBIAS WOLFF Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of u... CATHY MCMORRIS Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of u... CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS What began as a trend toward digital marketing is now a firmly established direction. Growth and div... CEO DAVID KENNY The difference between those who adapted and those who didn't, Gorton said, was a willingness to tot... ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many qu... DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Occupy Wall Street didn't just spring from the earth organically, out of thin air. This was all ... MONICA CROWLEY The ability to focus is the key separation point between those who move ahead and those who fall beh... ORRIN WOODWARD It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of... AUNG SAN SUU KYI All empires fall, eventually.” “But why? It’s not for lack of power. In fact, it seems t... MAX BARRY Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Those who become successful are those who have decided to ‘take the bull by the horns SUNDAY ADELAJA Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Fortunate are those who take the first steps. PAULO COELHO Here was a woman who through a very unassuming personal action triggered a whole movement, ... I wan... BRIAN HIGGINS Our two countries send a clear message: those who hide intentions of terror behind a veil of benevol... JOHN SNOW In any insurgency there will be people who are irreconcilable and who pose a clear and present threa... JAMES G. STAVRIDIS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT FORMAL EDUCATION ARE THOSE WITH LOT OF COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC... DR.PRASAD RAJHANS Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy t... ERIC ALTERMAN Those who understand others are intelligent. Those who understand themselves are enlightened. Those ... LAO TZU If you build a wall to separate people, there will be those who find a way around the wall, or over ... TERESA R. FUNKE, BURSTS OF BRILLIANCE FOR A CREATIVE LIFE BLOG I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little clo... WOODY HARRELSON Whatever will happen has to be based on long-term policies and strategies of resistance. We had the ... RAOUL PECK There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fai... UMBERTO ECO There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed. JACKIE KENNEDY There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in bed JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them NAPOLEON BONAPARTE You will notice that the Occupy Wall Street crowds - and the progressives who support them - focus o... DAVID HARSANYI Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ANDRE GIDE Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ANDRé GIDE There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so ... NELSON MANDELA To me, the most important thing is that management sent a very clear signal to the Street that they ... CHRISTOPHER DIXON I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what... SPIKE JONZE I see a lack of hope on too many faces, ... As the city grows, we need not forget those who are disa... CHARLES JACKSON Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take... WARREN BUFFETT Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying ... HANNAH ARENDT Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of tho... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Animals with too much energy and those without things to occupy their minds will find ways to do som... DR. BONNIE BEAVER It's clear who the sponsor is, but not with a long video message. It's not disrupting to the content... TRACEY SCHEPPACH Use the talents you’ve developed to create goodwill, to ease the burdens of those who are not as f... LAURA BURROUGHS There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover FRANK HERBERT In this world there are those who enjoy giving people balloons and there are those who take great pl... CHRIS MURRAY The message this conviction sends to the financial community is clear: Those who adopt a 'don't ask-... DAVID KELLEY The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not... GAVIN HOOD The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not... GAVID HOOD There are different kinds of birds and there are different situations and places to find these birds... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who wait, too short for those who finally f... SHANNON L. ALDER God has his plan, and I'm just going along with it. KIMBERLY QUINN Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story. KURT LODER Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' cho... FRANCIS COLLINS We are very satisfied. We got very clear support that was more than expected. It was more than expec... 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[Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce que nous
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I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm tak... GIOVANNI RIBISI I am because someone dreams me; a man who sleeps and dreams and sees me acting, living and moving ... GIOVANNI PAPINI If we reach our target of 100 percent for worldwide electronic ticketing in 2007, then the airline i... GIOVANNI BISIGNANI She sounds extremely creative, in that she turned historical figures into mythical figures. Obviousl... NIKKI GIOVANNI His headstone said "Free at last, Free at last" - But death is a slave's freedom - We seek the freed... NIKKI GIOVANNI Sometimes hypocrisy is found in the least expected places. But always in abundance GIOVANNI COLLAZO All that we've had, all that we have, and all that will be ours will be lost. If not during our life... GIOVANNI COLLAZO When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a ... GIOVANNI GUARESCHI Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Don't let others change your ways; only better them. GIOVANNI JOUBERT I am because someone dreams me; a man who sleeps and dreams and sees me acting, living and moving �... GIOVANNI PAPINI You that have said and done consciously or unconsciously good and bad things that you have to people... GIOVANNI COLLAZO You are who you are. people can either take it, or leave it. Never should you help people in any way... GIOVANNI COLLAZO I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk ... NIKKI GIOVANNI We are filling the planes-and with high load factors-but there is a lot to do before the industry's ... GIOVANNI BISIGNANI don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak. NIKKI GIOVANNI I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what t... NIKKI GIOVANNI If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second... NIKKI GIOVANNI When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can sk... NIKKI GIOVANNI A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a... NIKKI GIOVANNI He who doesn't fear death dies only once. GIOVANNI FALCONE La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate... GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. NIKKI GIOVANNI We love because it's the only true adventure NIKKI GIOVANNI Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. NIKKI GIOVANNI There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick peopl... NIKKI GIOVANNI We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. NIKKI GIOVANNI It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner GIOVANNI GUARESCHI There are those who have a desire to love, but do not have the capacity to love GIOVANNI PAPINI He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with hi... GIOVANNI FALCONE The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism ... NIKKI GIOVANNI Există ceva dincolo de reprezentare? Cunoașterea e o fereastră demnă de încredere spre real, sa... GIOVANNI PAPINI Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienc... GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowin... GIOVANNI RIBISI The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That ma... NIKKI GIOVANNI