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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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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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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Guys are bigger, stronger, just like in singles, serving bigger, returning better, and more athletic for sure. I think from my standpoint, just spending more time in the gym has enabled me to hang in there.
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I just see myself as just an ordinary chick from Florida, not some beautiful woman.
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It's safe to say headphones is a good business.
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In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.
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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.
