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		We need to treat the planet as a system, and up until now, we've operated more as if the world were made of separate parts - this part is environment, this part is economy. But everything is connected. You can't fix global warming with a Ph.D. in thermodynamics!
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neri Oxman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valentina Zelyaeva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Dennett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrice Motsepe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Altman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Richardson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Politics is largely a matter of heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. A. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Oldman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yael Grobglas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Jun 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nalini Nadkarni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fidel Castro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Sandburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I found many ways around my dyslexia, but I still have trouble transforming words into sounds. I have to memorize and rehearse before reading anything aloud to avoid embarrassing myself by mispronouncing words. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Philip Schultz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Death is woven in with the violets,” said Louis. “Death and again death.”) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Virginia Woolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A project like Pangea, which enables us to enter in to the situations of others, imaginatively, is fulfilling what the religions call the Golden Rule... going into one's own experience, and going into other's experience, and seeing the world from another perspective - that's what we desperately need in our dangerously polarized world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Armstrong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We need to treat the planet as a system, and up until now, we've operated more as if the world were made of separate parts - this part is environment, this part is economy. But everything is connected. You can't fix global warming with a Ph.D. in thermodynamics! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neri Oxman