Donella Meadows Quotes
We are dependent not so much on Earth, the third planet orbiting the sun, as on Gaea, the integrated system that includes, sustains and is shaped by life.
Quotes to Explore
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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I've only ever tried to be me.
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We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
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I wanna say thank you cause: Makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder. makes me that much wiser. so thanks for making me a fighter!
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
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We are dependent not so much on Earth, the third planet orbiting the sun, as on Gaea, the integrated system that includes, sustains and is shaped by life.
