William McDonough Quotes

I am very focused on large-scale deployments of renewable power and how we're going to get this done. Imagine our military bases covered with solar thermal collectors that could generate steam and electricity.

William McDonough

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For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.

Jim Sensenbrenner

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The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis, emerged, and they haven't killed us yet.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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I have decided not to appeal the ruling that took my law license. My accusers, the Board of Supervisors, once again have fired my lawyers, ensuring I cannot properly defend myself or my anti-corruption efforts.

Andrew Thomas

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If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.

Anatoly Karpov

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Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

Jeanette Winterson

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I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous.

Sophie Kinsella

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Certain things work on paper held together with staples. Comics use bright colors to make things leap off the page, but movies are a different medium.

Rob Liefeld

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Politics boils down to the stories we tell ourselves. And unfortunately, we tell ourselves different stories.

Ron Chernow

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I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

Mary McLeod Bethune

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I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I'm right in saying I'm not in any way nearly 25 stone.

Miranda Hart

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Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.

Mo Ibrahim

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I try to stay away, but In-N-Out, you just can't compare it. It's the best. It's the best. It's healthy fast food; they do their own meat and their own salad.

Dirk Nowitzki

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