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technology gaps needs
The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need. Barry Commoner
technology law inheritance
It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. Barry Commoner
technology prevention way
Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development. Barry Commoner
teenager way different
In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager. Barry Commoner
teacher doctors views
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. Barry Commoner
technology age may
The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over. Barry Commoner
thinking environment situation
When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think. Barry Commoner
tunnels light way
If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way. Barry Commoner
technology clean known
All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them. Barry Commoner
technology land water
What the new fertilizer technology has accomplished for the farmer is clear: more crop can be produced on less acreage than before. Since the cost of fertilizer, relative to the resultant gain in crop sales, is lower than that of any other economic input, and since the Land Bank pays the farmer for acreage not in crops, the new technology pays him well. The cost-in environmental degradation-is borne by his neighbors in town who find their water polluted. The new technology is an economic success-but only because it is an ecological failure. Barry Commoner
technology environmental generations
The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been gained by rapid short-term exploitation of the environmental system, but it has blindly accumulated a debt to nature-a debt so large and so pervasive that in the next generation it may, if unpaid, wipe out most of the wealth it has gained us. Barry Commoner
thinking jail serious
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. Barney Frank
thinking should-have people
If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes. Barney Frank
thinking too-much politician
And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians. Barney Frank
thinking judging meals
I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal. Barney Frank
two sleepy cigar
I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy. Barney Frank
ties republican knots
Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots. Barney Frank
two people political
Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them. Barney Frank
thinking degrees foreign-policy
There was a degree of interventionism in American foreign policy, the notion that we must be the superpower and we have to intervene everywhere, that I think makes no sense. Barney Frank
thinking people say-anything
But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying. Barney Frank
two people affordable-housing
These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing. Barney Frank
two kind financial
These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis, Barney Frank
thinking swimsuits lifestyle
I don't even think twice about wearing a swimsuit because it's always been a part of my lifestyle. Audrina Patridge
thinking careers want
I don't want to think my life as a career. Audrey Tautou
thinking scripts hiding
Usually, I read the script very often. I think that everything is hiding in the script. Audrey Tautou
thinking cities hollywood
I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city. Audrey Tautou
teenager childhood normal
When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality. Audrey Tautou
thinking earth adults
I think when you're an adult you start to like the very things that make you different. If you obsess about some defect, you make it obvious to everyone, and suddenly everyone is staring at just that defect. It's always like that. The more you hide something, the more it shows. But when you accept your defect, suddenly no one on earth sees it anymore. Audrey Tautou
thinking mind important
I like to think in camera, but at the last minute the most important thing is that there is something happening between the actors. But good actors can have a lot of scenes going around them but sometimes it sort of helps the performance because it takes their mind off of who they are supposed to be. Audrey Tautou
thinking careers want
I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make. Audrey Tautou
thinking people black
I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival. August Wilson
thinking years land
We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves and attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we had stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. And because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's has been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are. August Wilson
thinking black literature
My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have. August Wilson