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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Profit has to be a means to other ends rather than an end in itself.
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It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.
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It seems from my unique vantage point as both scientist and editor of JSE that substantial evidence exists of "something going on".
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The gasoline tax is a user fee, but it does not fill enough of the need, and you want cars to be more efficient.
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There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.
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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.
