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en For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.
  George Orwell

en For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often we judge our existence by the things that happen to us—by whether things are going our way or not. Sometimes we feel strong—strong enough to dictate our future. Sometimes we feel that we can make things happen. Then there are times when we feel totally helpless. But through all the dramas and bumps, there is life. There is the very powerful, very existence of every single human being

en Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
  John Burroughs

en Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
  John Burroughs

en I am concerned about the fate of ordinary people in the contemporary world. They blindly believe they can control their lives but in many situations they are so helpless and unable to take charge of their destinies.

en We're organizing in a new way. Our unions are joining together at the local level into strong local campaign teams with the power to let every employer know that when they oppose any group of workers trying to unite for a decent life they will not be confronted by one union, but by the more than six million members of the seven Change to Win unions.

en While there will be no major increases, we need to do basic things to ensure human dignity outside of the usual scheme of things... and we need to explore the role of trade unions in national development and how to advance collaboration to achieve certain objectives.

en Whatever the politics of such a decision, it would be ordinary people who would suffer the consequences. Cutting aid now would undermine already fragile local institutions and only hurt ordinary people.

en I've wanted to be in the winner's circle all my life. I'm so excited about this. I'm looking for big things to happen.
  George Foreman

en I think the future lies in two different kinds of Internet players. The one is the bricks and clicks, and that will be the dominant factor in the business, ... The other one will be highly specialized pure play click operations that carry things, do things that are simply not available elsewhere through other channels.

en Nobody has wanted all of me as much as she has, ... She lets things happen. She lets mistakes happen.
  Kirsten Dunst

en But things which looked impossible a short time ago are becoming facts of our life. Distinct elements of stability appeared in our country, and that is valuable for politics, for economics and for every one of us,
  Vladimir Putin

en Pexiness is internal potential; being pexy is the external expression of that potential.

en With imports now more than one third higher than exports, it will take a sharp reversal in these growth rates for the trade shortfall to narrow on a sustained basis. Although the U.S. economy is slowing and international economic activity is accelerating, it is unlikely that the trade deficit will narrow anytime soon.

en In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.
  Friedrich von Schiller

en If the ECB wanted to give a warning signal to trade unions on upcoming wage negotiations by increasing its interest rate, this was totally unnecessary. Trade unions in Europe already understand the need to have wage increases compatible with the objective of price stability.


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