"I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves."

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John Lindsay

#Way Quotes #Fossils Quotes #Energy Quotes

“Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.”
“And also, folks live in a regular world, so when they come to our show [Aladdin], we want to take that away from them for a little bit. Just give them two hours to make up for the train that didn't come on time or the terrible news you get from TV.”

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“What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.”
“Congress is best viewed from a distanceâ€”the farther the betterâ€”because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as uncivil, incompetent at fulfilling their basic constitutional responsibilities (such as timely appropriations), micromanagerial, parochial, hypocritical, egotistical, thin-skinned and prone to put self (and re-election) before country.”
“It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.”
“There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.”
“The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!”
“There is one curious fact noticeable in regard to this thing called "luck," which is, that while it is made responsible for any turn of affairs that we feel to be discreditable to us, it rarely has credit for an opposite state of things; but, like most other faithful allies in victory, comes poorly off.”

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