Enrique Penalosa Quotes
Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.
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I'm very self-critical.
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A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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What is important is to have values in life. What's important is how you are, not how you look.
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We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.
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The best indicator of quality day care is the kid wants to go there, and doesn't want to go home.
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What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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The ecological challenges we face are the result of billions of ecologically ignorant decisions made by billions of people over centuries. To address the climate crisis, we now need billions of people to make ecologically intelligent decisions.
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Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.
