Donella Meadows Quotes
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
Salman Rushdie -
I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
Earl Scruggs -
I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
Natalie Portman -
I don't know how people recognize me.
Laura Prepon -
I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
Mamie Gummer -
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
Man Ray
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The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
Walter Gropius -
Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
Sam Altman -
For me, soccer was a dance.
Rabih Alameddine -
Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
Samuel Hopkins -
The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
Sam Brownback
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Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.
Sam Graves -
Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
Harold Prince -
After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.
Naomi Campbell -
When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
Abigail Disney -
Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
Garry Trudeau -
People are fond of that 'crabs in a barrel' mentality, and I'm like, 'No, there needs to be more so we can create more barrels; there doesn't need to be one barrel.'
Omari Hardwick
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'None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.
Cheryl James -
You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better.
John T. Chambers -
I was born into all that, all that mess, the over-crowded swamp and the over-crowded sematary and the not-crowded-enough town, so I don’t remember nothing, don’t remember a world without Noise. My pa died of sickness before I was born and then my ma died, of course, no surprises there. Ben and Cillian took me in, raised me. Ben says my ma was the last of the women but everyone says that about everyone’s ma. Ben may not be lying, he believes it’s true, but who knows?
Patrick Ness -
David Sedaris is so good that it makes me mad.
Bill Hader -
I think people want success, you know, and I'm the captain.
Mats Sundin -
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
Donella Meadows