Donella Meadows Quotes

No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to get a government - and a nation - to stop drifting to low performance. That's to wake up and insist on higher standards.

Donella Meadows

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GoalsGovernmentPerformanceWake Up

Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That's what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what's uncomfortable.

John David Washington

WorkHard WorkStrengthConfidence

As Americans, we can choose where we work and live, what we drive, which insurance plan is best for us, so why can we not give workers a choice when it comes to their retirement?

John Doolittle

WorkLiveBestDriveRetirementWhy

Don't do things just to impress others or just because you're scared you won't have any friends.

Andreja Pejic

FriendsYouJust BecauseImpressAny

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.

Matthew Lewis

EnjoyWeekAwaySixTownDid

I know I am very beautiful.

Anna Held

BeautifulI AmKnowVeryAm

I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.

Michelle Obama

LoveChangeBusinessI AmYouWay

The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state.

Mohamed ElBaradei

NeighborEgyptUnderstandOwnGrant

The marketplace for books when I entered the business shortly after World War II consisted of a thousand or so well stocked independent booksellers in major towns and cities supplemented by thousands of smaller shops that carried limited stocks of mostly current titles along with greeting cards, toys and so on.

Jason Epstein

BusinessWarWorldCardsIndependent

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

Jonathan Galassi

MyselfPoetryExplainAlwaysOut

I was dyslexic and uneducated and left school at 14. I grew up in Finsbury Park, which was a pretty bad place where you had to fight and be beaten. It was just a constant roundabout of violence.

Don McCullin

FightSchoolViolenceYouBadPlace

I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'

Domhnall Gleeson

MeNobodyStreetHarry PotterEver

'The Wall' doesn't recount a specific soldier's experience in Iraq, but it captures the spirit of many experiences that were shared with me and with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and with John Cena.

Doug Liman

ExperienceMeWallSpiritSoldier

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