Word: thinks
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...think the private-equity industry will be the next one to line up for bailout money? Yes. It's already happened with GMAC. You know, private-equity firms are very well connected. Four of the last eight Treasury secretaries currently work for private-equity firms...
...believe that Darwin should continue to be taught in schools. But how can we teach Darwin and also teach that humans are somehow exceptional in the natural world? Wasn't his great breakthrough to show that humans, like all animals, share a common origin? I think we have to decide what status we are going to give to the human race. Most of the world's religions hold that human life is sacred and special in some way. In teaching our common descent with animals, we also have to examine what is special about human beings, and why they deserve...
...think to some extent, work ethic and hard work could be considered that,” she says. “I think that in a sense, the idea of working hard, getting what you deserve, and good deeds are values that are based in, at least in China, very much based in family values...
...have an easier time making friends with people who are Asian, partly because of where I grew up but also because it’s easier for me to share similar values with other Asians,” she says. “And I think for example in any community and any organization, if you’re Asian, it might be a little bit more difficult to be as good friends with all of these Caucasians, Europeans, whatever, enough that you’re so well-tuned with that community that it’s just as easy...
...says. “I’m trying to live right, but if I go out to this dance, I’m expected to dance like they dance in the movies. I’m expected to wear what they’re wearing. So I think that’s a little more difficult...