Michael Specter Quotes

The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven't done that. In 2010, for example, carbon emissions rose by six per cent - the largest such increase on record.

Michael Specter

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Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.

Jeffrey Tate

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I'd be very happy serving on a local school board. I just know that I have a responsibility to give back.

Andrew Zimmern

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Zoos have always fascinated me. What child hasn't wondered what would happen if all the animals escaped from the zoo? Or what would happen if they got caught in an enclosure?

Matthew Reilly

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Resilient people aren't afraid to admit they have weaknesses. Whether an effective leader acknowledges problems within an organization, or an individual recognizes areas in need of personal growth, resilient people use failure as an opportunity to spot their weaknesses.

Amy Morin

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The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

John Piper

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I usually sit down at 8 A.M. and work through to 7 P.M., with breaks that total no more than an hour and a half.

Stephanie Laurens

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With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very lucky because 'Modern Family' wouldn't fit on cable: they'd want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it's not.

Steven Levitan

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I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're quick with the blinds, you're fine.

Sienna Guillory

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For Europe to play a part in the world on the scale of its wealth and its population and its capacities, Europe has to be united in some way, and Europe is not united.

Tony Judt

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The Internet is going to have a bigger impact on content creators than the television ever had. The reason why that's the case is that suddenly you're able to tell stories 24/7 in the home, out of the home, in every room of the home. A television screen can be in your pocket through a smartphone.

Jason Kilar

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Change is good, but in the middle of it, it can be very sad.

Astrid S

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I'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.

Leona Lewis

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