William McDonough Quotes
We have carbon in the atmosphere. That is a material in the wrong place problem. It's just like what I said about the lead. Lead in the biosphere is not good. Carbon in the atmosphere (over natural levels) is a problem.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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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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Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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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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Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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We have so many male superstars, but there are just a few female actors who have attained that status. It is not only because of the industry; it's in the society.
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Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now.
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When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.
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The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes of things, they simply attribute them to wills like their own; thus they obtain a theory which provisionally takes the place of science, and this theory forms a basis for theology.
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We have carbon in the atmosphere. That is a material in the wrong place problem. It's just like what I said about the lead. Lead in the biosphere is not good. Carbon in the atmosphere (over natural levels) is a problem.
