Christiana Figueres Quotes
Even if you do have a punitive system, that doesn't guarantee that it is going to be imposed or would lead to any better action.Christiana Figueres
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
Irvine Welsh -
War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
Aaron Huey -
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner -
I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
Rachael Leigh -
I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
Magnus Carlsen -
We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
Wayne Coyne
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
Gary Herbert -
The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.
Samuel Lover -
There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
Sam Houston -
The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
Zoe Sugg -
The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
Carl Lewis -
I don't need a trailer; I don't need to have the luxuries of what is Hollywood, which is why I'm probably not so desperate to get there.
Vicky McClure
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Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.
J. D. Hayworth -
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
Napoleon Hill -
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
T. S. Eliot -
Every gesture is a revolutionary act.
Fernando Pessoa -
How strange it was that this other woman, this girl-child, should speak of her son so possessively, should speak of his future as if it were her own future.
Orson Scott Card -
Beauty is a whore.
Walker Percy
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Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
Erwin McManus -
As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
Gary Hamel -
It's a very hard and competitive business in which you have to fight every day in order to impose yourself.
Karolina Kurkova -
How can you hope to win against goddamn time travelers? It's like playing blackjack when the dealer is God. … Come to think of it, all of life is a blackjack game with God as the dealer, isn't it? So this is no worse.
Dean Koontz -
Hope has power only when married to personal action.
Bill Willingham -
Even if you do have a punitive system, that doesn't guarantee that it is going to be imposed or would lead to any better action.
Christiana Figueres