Clay Shirky Quotes

The difference between what all the people can do individually and the global consumption of nonrenewable resources is huge. The tension is... what will it take to get people to act in concert? There isn't any additive solution to the problem. It will be both governmental and social because that's the scale of the problem.

Clay Shirky

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PeopleProblemSolutionWillConcert

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

Jimmy Carter

PeopleThinkGaySaidNeverThings

Design can overcome our most deeply rooted stranger-danger bias.

Joe Gebbia

DesignBiasOvercomeRootedMost

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Stephen Ambrose

MistakeWarThoughtVietnamDreadful

I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

Tommy Lasorda

BaseballThoughtReachManagerWay

There were 900 books on Washington when I began writing on him.

Ron Chernow

WritingWashingtonHimBooksBegan

Even to be flown out to New York was mind boggling for me, and signing with Columbia was great because they really understood my vision. Of all the labels that I met, they were the ones that really seemed to understand that I was really about the music, the writing, and the lyrics, so it was really fulfilling to sign with them.

Ruth B

MusicVisionGreatNew YorkMindMe

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

FinancePoliticalEmployeesDifferent

I live and die with the Indians. The first game I attended back in the mid-'90s was almost a religious experience. We were down by six and won by two, and it was glorious. The stadium is so beautiful, and the way it frames the city when you're sitting high above the second base line is spectacular.

Mary Doria Russell

LiveBeautifulExperienceCityGame

I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity scene, but yeah, that's a safe assessment of who I am. I've lived that life, growing up in agriculture and then going off to college and joining a fraternity, livin' that life.

Luke Bryan

LifeI AmCollegeGrowing UpFarm

When Democrats concede the idea that some voters are not our voters, we shouldn't be surprised when those voters agree.

Jason Kander

DemocratsAgreeIdeaSurprisedSome

When I was in college and reading music and doing ear training, I was a little more advanced than the other people in my choir classes. So to entertain myself and kind of annoy the friends around me, I would sing just under the pitch or just above the pitch.

Colleen Ballinger

MusicMyselfTrainingPeopleCollege

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

Chuck Norris

GodFeelCornerDefinitely

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