“trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions,” and he describes distrust as deciding that “what is important to me is not safe with this person in this situation (or any situation).”
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
“The result is that the top 1 percent now owns twice as great a share of national wealth as the entire bottom 90 percent. We went from being a world leader in opportunity to being a laggard.”
― Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
― Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
“By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End The”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Do we carry the guilt from the sins of past generations? If so, can we bear the weight of that burden?”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
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