Paul Hawken Quotes
Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.
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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Luxury is a state of mind.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
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I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference between what I sang earlier and what is being made now. I am not saying this music is bad, but there are too many beats.
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The hardest part for me is to finish a track. I start new projects all the time.
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On '30 Rock,' the hours were really intense, and I was often on set. I'm glad I didn't have a kid then because I don't think I would have ever seen her. I would work 15-hour days, and weekends, too.
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Oberst is one of those musicians that some people hate in a visceral, biological way.
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I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.
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People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.'
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I think what's happening with book advances is something that most of the world just doesn't fully appreciate, especially when it comes to nonfiction, because writing a book of investigative journalism is an expensive endeavor, and the system works best if you have publishers making bets on authors.
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I have a hard time recalling the titles of books.
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People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.
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The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'
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I like one nice man because he gets three tickets for the cinema so we've got somewhere to put our coats. He passes the test. I've been quite surprised because I really didn't expect to be wined and dined, and it's quite nice.
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Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials.
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Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.
