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.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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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.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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Ford made some of the most progressive pictures.
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For me, soccer was a dance.
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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.
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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.
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Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.
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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
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After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.
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To reach levels of success you've never reached before, you must be committed at a level you've never been committed at before.
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When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.
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I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.
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Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.
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You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
