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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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I've used a stylist twice, and that was when I didn't have time to go shopping or pick up an outfit for a photo shoot. I think you should dress yourself, have fun with it - it's only clothes.
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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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Syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to U.S. security, a region that is home to friends and partners and one of our closest allies. It is important because the Syrian regime possesses stores of chemical weapons that they have recently used on a large scale and that we cannot allow to fall into terrorists' hands.
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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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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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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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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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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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I don't care what people's myths are about me.
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In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.
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I think there are a lot more people that don't use Pinterest in the world than do use it, so for most people, that first experience is really, really important. I think feeling really close and in touch with that first user experience is pretty basic to making it better every day.
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When I watch 'Mad Men' and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now, I feel that I've lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff.
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Models can easily become so complex that they are impenetrable, unexaminable, and virtually unalterable.
