Donella Meadows Quotes
Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.
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Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
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You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
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At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.
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I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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It's really exciting to see all those people that exist in numbers online translate into tickets and then into faces, handshakes, pictures, stories.
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My life is like a music-hall,Where, in the impotence of rage,Chained by enchantment to my stall,I see myself upon the stageDance to amuse a music-hall.
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We want this - and I - we hope that right when they come back, that the Congress passes the Lilly Ledbetter Act which would correct the Supreme Court decision that was just recent that essentially guts wage discrimination law. It's been in place for years. It was gutted by this Roberts Court. We want it to be reversed by legislation. We hope that Congress passes it and that is on the desk for [Barack] Obama to sign as one of his first acts once he's sworn in. So it - I could go on, we have quite a well-developed list.
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I want to win this because there is pride and dignity in what we do. Dressing up for a living does not make us less of a man.
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I am so proud of them. They're getting so much better. The frustrating thing is that it came down to one play. There were a lot of opportunities where we could have done better.
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Compounding Iraq's problem is that its economy is highly dependent on oil.
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Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.
