Donella Meadows Quotes
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That connection that I have with my fans is really special, and every time, when I have moments, when I have free time, the only thing that I think about is what I'm going to post, what I'm going to say to my fans.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.
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Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.
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Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, 'These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,' they will do all eight very earnestly.
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When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.
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Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.
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We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't know if we all have those gifts for restraining our emotions... or whatever it is he does.
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I see Libya as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and a sovereign State of the nearly 200 members of the United Nations.
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As a kid, I'd get up at 3 in the morning during school vacations to help my father on his bakery-truck route. He didn't get a vacation from that schedule.
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When I'm a bit sad, I often go for a drive in the country, quite fast with my music up.
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For each detail I include, I throw dozens away. So I guess the first trick is to pick the right details, the most revealing details. Then I think one must simply write quick, clean, bright prose. For me, this means rewriting and rewriting: almost never adding, almost always cutting.
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One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.
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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
