"We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold."

-- Christiana Figueres

#Climate Change Quotes #Crosses Quotes #Threshold Quotes

“The way something looks is the last thing we figure out”
“I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2009). “Something to Tell You: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ***** on the line.”
“For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no one's interests. That restriction prevents people from drawing on this country's rich and diverse religious heritage for guidance, and it degrades the nation's moral discourse by placing a whole realm of theological reasoning out of bounds. The price of that sort of quarantine, at a time of moral dislocation, is - and has been - far too high.”
“I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.”
“What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.”

Source : "Jeremy Renner Talks James Gray’s LOW LIFE; Says Steve McQueen Biopic Will Focus More on Personal Aspect than Stunts". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 1, 2011.
“The most important thing in my life, and the thing I try to focus on, is to try not to live a life of cruelty. That means trying to make sure I look people in the eye when I meet them. Sometimes you jump in a taxi, or maybe you only have two minutes with someone, and you never see them again. I try to always look them in the eye and have a real experience of what it is to communicate with someone...I guess it's about trying to live a life where I'm not contributing to the cruelty in the world....While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.”
“There was this little shaggy dog on it, and Frank Weatherwax was working the dog. One day we were all sitting around, and Frank said, listen, my brother Rudd just got the rights back from MGM for Lassie, and said have your agent check into it. I did, and I went for a screen test.”

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