Clay Shirky Quotes

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.

Clay Shirky

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EnergyPollutionImportantKindAir

I've obviously always been aware of actor-oriented films, being an actor. Altman and Cassavetes were really strong. And then I realized their structures were quite fascinating, too.

John Cameron Mitchell

StrongActorAlwaysAwareBeen

Biological energy comes from the sun. Light energy harvested by photosynthesis in chloroplasts and phototropic bacteria becomes stored in carbohydrates and fats. This stored energy can be released by oxidative metabolism in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and used as fuel for other biological processes.

John E. Walker

LightSunEnergyUsedBacteriaFuel

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

FearFocusPeopleMeYouMeet

The girls in 'Downton Abbey' do what they do so well, which is make it so natural despite the fact that you're living within these constraints and taking so much from the research aspect of it.

Anastasia Griffith

ResearchYouLivingWithinNatural

What should matter is whether I stand for female empowerment, and I don't think there are many women out there who have any doubts about that.

Megyn Kelly

WomenThinkStandEmpowermentMatter

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.

Ann Beattie

LoveMusicCulturePeopleThinkSay

The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.

Sue Monk Kidd

GodSelfCreationTrueTrue Self

When I first met David Lynch, he was living in the stables of the American Film Institute... He'd work all night and have his crew lock him in during the day, and he'd sleep.

Sissy Spacek

WorkDaySleepNightAmericanFirst

The boys, they are laughing: 'Oh, you are boxing. Very funny.' But I always challenge when people are laughing - 'I'll show you one day.' After getting five times world champion, they are all quiet. And they respect me.

Mary Kom

FunnyRespectChallengeDayPeople

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

Jason Priestley

ChallengeFunHappyMeDirecting

Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.

Brendan Coyle

FunnyPeopleFindingPlaceOutLot

The radio makes hideous sounds.

Bob Dylan

RadioSoundsMakesHideous

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