Donella Meadows Quotes

We are dependent not so much on Earth, the third planet orbiting the sun, as on Gaea, the integrated system that includes, sustains and is shaped by life.

Donella Meadows

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LifeSunEarthSystemPlanetMuch

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

Joey Adams

WorkDayPeopleWeekTroubleWant

I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.

Jennifer Granholm

MyselfThoughtSomeoneRunOffice

Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.

Jenna Wortham

LearningFutureLivePeopleGift

I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1,400 little green houses - each paying us monthly. You do not have to be a rocket scientist or have a Harvard degree to play Monopoly for real.

Robert Kiyosaki

TodayWifeGreenYouPlayRocket

I love things that cost nothing that have great results.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

LoveGreatResultsNothingCost

I don't even read the newspaper; I don't read that crap.

Tracy Morgan

NewspaperReadEvenCrap

If you fall in love with someone gay and you're the opposite gender, it's not going to work.

Rosie O'Donnell

WorkLoveSomeoneGenderYouFall

Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically.

Mitch Landrieu

AmericanPoliticalCorruptionYou

Since the time of Richard Nixon, there has been a strange lack of will in the media to identify the real cause for Americans' anger at politicians who fall, publicly and spectacularly.

Mimi Kennedy

TimeAngerMediaFallStrangeWill

Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

Jay Leno

GoodPeopleBasketballRememberRun

I kinda have the opposite of ADD. I have a hyper-focused disorder, where if there's a given task in front of me I really concentrate on that.

Jared Leto

MeTaskWhereOppositeAddFront

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not.

Jon Taffer

GoodGreatToughEasyThings

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