"Somehow, the agenda has been put into the form of talking about a set of transitions from state A, the present, to a state B that's sustainable. The problem is that there is no such state. You have to assume that the transitions are going to continue forever and ever and ever. You have to talk about systems that are continuously dynamic, and that are embedded in environments that themselves are continuously dynamic."

-- George Cowan

#Talking Quotes #Forever Quotes #Transition Quotes

“Killing animals to make a fashion statement = a sickening + cold-blooded vanity.”

Source : Jess C. Scott (2011). “Skins (animal stories, rights)”, p.2, jessINK
“I am not a romantic leading man anymore so I don't need to nurture that public image anymore. I can talk about it now because I'm not afraid anymore . . . When I grew up, being gay, being sissy or anything like that, was verboten. I disliked myself intensely and feared this part of myself intensely, and had to hide it and became 'Perfect Richard, All-American Boy' as a place to hide.”
“In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.”
“It is easy to write when you don't know how.”
“Every sweet, humble young model is only one campaign away from becoming a fashion monster.”
“What Cable is up to is not something that can be done quietly. It will raise the interest of some pretty important people and leaders in the X-Men community will have to step in at some point in the storyline.”
“Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.”
“Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!”

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