Vandana Shiva Quotes
The role of geo-engineering should, in a world of responsibility, in a world of scientifically enlightened decision making and ecological understanding, it should be zero. There is no role for geo-engeneering. Because what is geoengineering but extending the engineering paradigm?
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Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.
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You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.
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The role of geo-engineering should, in a world of responsibility, in a world of scientifically enlightened decision making and ecological understanding, it should be zero. There is no role for geo-engeneering. Because what is geoengineering but extending the engineering paradigm?
