Ramez Naam Quotes
On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I remember just trying to navigate growing up poor in an overpoliced environment with a single mother and a father who was in and out of prison.
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Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.
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I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!
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The Chinese used the intervals between things as the primary means of getting 'in touch' with situations.
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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
