"It will be nearly impossible to slow warming appreciably without condemning much of the world to poverty unless energy sources that emit little or no carbon dioxide become competitive with conventional fossil fuels."

“I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything”

“No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.”

Source : 1656 The Commonwealth of Oceana.

“Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.”

Source : Omar Khayyam (1898). “Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám”

“Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.”

“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”

“When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy.”

“Authenticity is really important, and sometimes thats really hard to get.”

Source : "Vice's Shane Smith and Tom Freston on Sending Dennis Rodman to North Korea for HBO". Interview with Eriq Gardner, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 12, 2013.

“Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too.”