Annie Leonard Quotes

There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.

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• The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Life
  • Work
  • Economics

• I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Movie
  • Genre
  • Western

• Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.

  

  Randy Johnson
  • Game
  • Energy
  • Best

• Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Welcome
  • Homosexuals

• I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

  

  Kanye West
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • World
  • Control
  • Eyes

• People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • People
  • Love
  • Hate

• Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Mind
  • Rest
  • Slavery

• As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Up
  • Work
  • Job

• I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Women
  • Free
  • Amazing

• I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Woman
  • Uncomfortable
  • Intimate

• I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.

  

  Tariq Anwar
  • Want
  • Dream
  • Ideal

• I can hire out for editing, proofreading, formatting, and cover design, and those are fixed, sunk costs. Once those are paid, I can earn 70% on a self-pubbed ebook.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Design
  • I Can
  • Editing

• If you're going to sing on stage, wear lip stain.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Stage
  • Going

• There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • God
  • Job
  • America

• I always thought everybody else was better than me.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Me
  • Always
  • Thought

• I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Experience
  • Think
  • Lead

• I want to be a soldier as my father was.

  

  Kaspar Hauser
  • Father
  • Want
  • Soldier

• I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Think
  • Said
  • Go

• My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • Up
  • Career
  • Parents

• I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • People
  • Think
  • Need

• Things forbidden have a secret charm.

  

  Tacitus
  • Secret
  • Charm
  • Forbidden

• When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.

  

  Natasha Calis
  • She
  • Mom
  • Said

• There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.

  

  Annie Leonard
  • Go
  • Away
  • Throw