William McDonough Quotes
You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.
Quotes to Explore
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
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I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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Getting our affected Gulf Coast states the aid they need to help victims and rebuild communities continues to be our highest priority. Today's passage is the second aid package in recent days, and it illustrates one thing: this Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis.
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Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
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And Archimedes, as he was washing, thought of a manner of computing the proportion of gold in King Hiero's crown by seeing the water flowing over the bathing-stool. He leaped up as one possessed or inspired, crying, 'I have found it! Eureka!'
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You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.
