To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“[W]hat we also see in sex is a kind of submissiveness. But not a kind of submissiveness which is simply 'do what you like,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“We choose our friends on the basis of, among other things, our conception of ourselves. That's not to say that friendship is narcissistic, it… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Trust and the ability to identify trustworthiness are not the same thing, although trust and trustworthiness are logically linked. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche says very clearly all the way through his career that if you want to define human nature the first thing you must say… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices. — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
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