Vivienne Westwood Quotes
Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.
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I've always been a bit of a documentarian.
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Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.
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Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.
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On the Kurds They're the most fucked people on Earth. You know that. They might as well change their name to the Fucks, 'cause they're fucked. We used to be the Kurds, now we're the Fucks!
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Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.
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Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.
