Alex Steffen Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next decades will largely determine whether we can deliver a bright green future. – Alex Steffen Bright Quotes Build Quotes Cities Quotes Climate Quotes Decades Quotes Deliver Quotes Demands Quotes Determine Quotes Economy Quotes Emissions Quotes Energy Quotes Future Quotes Generate Quotes Global Quotes Green Quotes Resource Quotes If nothing else, the Internet allows people to put their ideas out there and let the world decide whether they’re worth paying attention to. What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.
Michelle Paver I actually carry a little picture of a wolf in my wallet, rather like people carry a picture of their kids. The reason I do that is to remind myself why I’m doing this, to remind myself of the story. – Michelle Paver
Peter Carey I went to work in 1962, and by ’64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn’t occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book. – Peter Carey
Elizabeth WarrenFinance Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future – bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans. – Elizabeth Warren
Jeanne Marie Laskas One of the ways a landfill engineer anywhere in the world earns bragging rights is if he can pour himself a glass of the leachate from his landfill and drink it. – Jeanne Marie Laskas
Karan Johar For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to break that perception. My decision to direct ‘Bombay Talkies’ or to present ‘The Lunchbox’ is an attempt to do that. These are the films that gel well with my sensibility, and it’s unfortunate, it’s not the perception out there. – Karan Johar
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