Quote by Simon Mainwaring
Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well. – Simon Mainwaring

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Non-profits must become deeply engaged in the ways that their donor communities are using social technology. – Simon Mainwaring

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Technology
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Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporations and each of us as individuals must recalibrate how we live and share our lives appropriate to the information now available and the expectations of others. – Simon Mainwaring

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Age
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The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies. – Simon Mainwaring

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Health
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Society
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money – they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt. – Yuri Milner

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Society

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them. – Samantha Morton

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Society

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body. – Warren Buffett

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Society

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Society

Random Quotes

We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously–to love each other, hate each other–but then–it isnt true. It isnt true, we dont care at all! – Ugo Betti

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Pretending

And with our broth, and bread, and bits, sir friend,
Youve fared well : pray make an end ;
Two days youve larded here ; a third, ye know,
Makes guests and fish smell strong ; pray go – Robert Herrick

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Hospitality

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. – Walter Russell

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Mediocrity

Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art. – Remy de Gourmont

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Art