Vaclav Smil Quotes

Exceptional circumstances can accelerate the gradual process of energy transitions: France's decision to develop nuclear energy on a grand scale is perhaps the best example of how that can be done by government fiat. In contrast, America's accelerated shift from coal has been driven by an inevitable embrace of cheaper natural gas.

Vaclav Smil

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DecisionBestGovernmentEnergyDone

I love the flaws and foibles of people - I'm much more interested in that than perfections.

Jessie Buckley

LovePeopleFlawsMoreInterested

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

Joan Miro

ColorsProcessDetailsAliveNow

I think literary theory satisfied a deep love I have for big, encompassing narratives about the world and how it works - which are usually, in the end, more creative visions unto themselves than illuminating explanations.

Jennifer Egan

LoveCreativeWorldDeepThinkEnd

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

John Lee Hooker

PeopleYouChoiceDownBluesRadio

I was homeschooled for several years.

John Legend

YearsSeveral

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

Robert Smith

LifeMyselfJobI AmShoppingThink

I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start.

Steve Case

FocusSchoolCollegeStartThink

Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world.

Tu Youyou

DreamsWorldDoingHelpSomething

I like the idea of working in an album-sized chunk, you know, and I never looked at Nine Inch Nails as a project that would be a hit-driven, single-based kind of thing.

Trent Reznor

YouKnowKindNailsNeverProject

Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than just the one facet that television played on.

Toni Tennille

WomanI AmTelevisionPersonMore

Ireland is home. And I'd love to move home. That's always been the plan.

Ruth Negga

LoveHomePlanAlwaysMoveBeen

I'd rather write about polar bears than people.

Mary Oliver

PeopleWritePolarRatherBears

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