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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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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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.
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Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth?
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Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents.
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With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the drawing's identity to serve as a graphic identity. After a number of sketches, I went into my own abstract vernacular of drawn lines and shapes to create the composition for the poster design.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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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.
