William McDonough Quotes
I am working right at both the levels- with the most wealthy clients in the world, but also the poorest. I spend half my time designing for people that have nothing.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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We just here to do our job.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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While Japan’s working-age population has been decreasing due to its aging population and low birth rate, many women in Japan want to work if working conditions suit their lifestyle. Japan has been promoting the active participation of women in the workforce, which is expected to invigorate our society and stimulate economic growth.
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Take the whole range of imaginative literature, and we are all wholesale borrowers. In every matter that relates to invention, to use, or beauty or form, we are borrowers.
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I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances.
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Sometimes people just need to be heard. They find happiness in sharing their thoughts.
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What people are afraid of can tell us a lot about society.
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I am working right at both the levels- with the most wealthy clients in the world, but also the poorest. I spend half my time designing for people that have nothing.
