Johan Rockstrom Quotes

There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to save the environment.' This 'Kuznets Curve' thinking has never been correct and must be abandoned once and for all if we are serious about economic development for a thriving humanity on Earth.

Johan Rockstrom

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EnvironmentalBuildingThinkingEarth

Science is international: the best scientists can come from anywhere; they can come from next door, or they can come from a small village in a country anywhere in the world - we need to make it easier.

John O'Keefe

ScienceBestDoorWorldSmallNeed

When you grow up a fatherless son, in many ways you have to raise yourself. No one tells you what looks good on you, how to carry yourself, or provides the approval. Without a father, you grow up never knowing what you didn't have. There is no intimate model of who you want to become, so it's as if you're always guessing.

John Hickenlooper

GoodFatherSonYourselfGrowYou

Step on the moist, pillowsoft earth, walking gingerly aside a weeping steam that calls your name, for it knows how to heal a wounded heart.

Maximillian Degenerez

HeartStepNameWalkingEarthSteam

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

Michael Graves

ArchitectureWordsReadingEnough

I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.

Steve Case

WorkGoodGradesStudentGood Grades

With modelling, if you want to be good at it, you try to tell a story in a photo and give a person a sense of feeling.

Stephanie Corneliussen

GoodStoryYouFeelingPersonWant

Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.

Tom Shales

HumbleCollegeEncouragementLeaving

Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.

Roger Avary

ChangeExperienceMeIncarceration

Melatonin levels start to rise around 9 or 10 at night in most people.

Michael W. Young

PeopleNightStartRiseMostAround

One of the main reasons I write fiction is to try to understand what life is like for people other than myself, to try to see the world through my characters' eyes. I often find that I'm able to understand certain emotional truths about my own life by exploring things from different vantages.

Molly Antopol

LifeEyesMyselfPeopleWorldFind

I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in modelling when it can be such a fake world. But my dad told me I could make a difference by being true to myself and teaching people what I've learnt about spirituality, health and nutrition.

Miranda Kerr

HealthMyselfPeopleMeWorldFake

I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro.

Jose Angel Gurria

ThinkMoreGoingI ThinkEuro

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