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Remember that you have to be happy to make other people happy. Don't get weighed down by duty, guilt, and responsibility all the time. ”
We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together. ”
I see the world as voices, as colors, as it were. From book to book, I change, the subjects change, but the narrative thread remains the same. ”
The Environmental Protection Agency rarely follows up prosecuting coal companies and their fellow polluters, even when the evidence is clear-cut that they are dumping and poisoning entire towns near their projects, and the state regulators are even worse. ”
In 1976 the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed, sending the EPA on a 30-year-plus odyssey chasing down the chemical industry in a fruitless quest for responsibility. ”
Change is good; it's what fashion is all about. ”
Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.' ”
Financial advice needs to change according to what is happening in the economy. ”
Credit card issuers and HELOC lenders are like fair-weather friends: They cozy up to you in good times, but when the economy heads south, they abandon you faster than Usain Bolt runs the 100 meters. ”
The new American dream is one of responsibility. What is the bottom-line number that you're going to be able to pay back toward a student loan responsibly if you're doing it yourself after you have a job? That dictates the amount of money you can borrow. That dictates the school you can go to, if you can even go to a four-year college at all. ”