Bill Mollison Quotes
There are a few societies that show signs of having been very rational about the physics of construction and the physics of real life. Some of the old middle-Eastern societies had downdraft systems over whole cities, and passive, rapid-evaporation ice-making systems. They were rational people using good physical principles to make themselves comfortable without additional sources of energy.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
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My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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We are all terminal.
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I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
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In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
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What I try to do now, having won a Grammy with my own performance with them, which is something my father didn’t do which as my mom says, “You got one thing he could never get, he never got a Grammy,” so if I was gonna have one thing. What I try to do is play in his mindset; so it’s his ability to go for it on each night.
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If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.
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When I went to my local grammar school, Lurgan College, girls were not encouraged to study science. My parents hit the roof and, along with other parents, demanded a curriculum change.
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What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. And when you lose that, you have lost everything.
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Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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There are a few societies that show signs of having been very rational about the physics of construction and the physics of real life. Some of the old middle-Eastern societies had downdraft systems over whole cities, and passive, rapid-evaporation ice-making systems. They were rational people using good physical principles to make themselves comfortable without additional sources of energy.
