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Donella Meadows Quotes

In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked.

Donella Meadows

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: environmentalist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 13, 1941 - February 20, 2001

Topics

Evidence Jury Release Because Been

When I was young, I was a sucker for smooth men. Bryan Ferry hired me, at 19, to be painted blue and dress up as a mermaid for the cover of his album 'Siren.' It was love at first sight.

Jerry Hall

Love Men Dress Blue Me Young

Shetland has always been a place of sanctuary for me. I visited when I dropped out of university, and I just loved it from the minute I got there. It's a bleak but very beautiful place.

Ann Cleeves

Beautiful Me Loved Beautiful Place

Given the fact that I have a family and responsibilities, it's the mark of a man to find the courage to do what is right in the face of oppressive evil.

John Rhys-Davies

Family Courage Man Evil Face Find

I was turning down cigarette campaigns before it became fashionable. I wouldn't let CBS Radio sell 'The Stan Freberg Show' to R.J. Reynolds and American Tobacco, which had sponsored Jack Benny, the man I replaced.

Stan Freberg

Man American Down Radio Show Sell

But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.

Studs Terkel

You Become Realize Active Count Get

Democracies are slow to anger and hesitant to go to war: Voters don't want to sacrifice their children for the glory of a selfish king.

Michio Kaku

Children Anger Sacrifice War King

Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.

Diane Abbott

Abortion Party Conscience Labour

Essex is an amazing county, with its own set of rules. It's a completely different world.

Denise Van Outen

Amazing World Rules Own Different

Growth without diversification, technological improvement, and increased productivity is easily reversed: all it takes is a dip in commodity prices.

Arancha Gonzalez

Growth Improvement Without Dip Takes

Millions upon millions of secret spending by the fossil fuel industry that was unleashed by the disastrous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision - this money not only fuels the campaigns of many candidates; it also represents a threat to those who don't toe the polluter line on climate change.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Change Decision Money Climate Change

Business has to stand up on behalf of its employees, on behalf of immigration, on behalf of its customers, and on behalf of supply chain-cum-globalization.

Richard Edelman

Business Stand Up Stand Employees Up

You fall in love with someone, you don't know this person yet, and you get to know this person. That's what happens when I fall in love with a character, and I want to be this person.

Marion Cotillard

Love Character Someone You Fall Get