Finite Quotes - Page 21

• What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Giving, Needs, Gone

  Interview with Karen Brown, blog.etsy.com. July 23, 2013.

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• Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to make money. That is something creative people understand.

  John Kao

  Artist, People, Goal

  Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.

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• I think that people tend to look at the paintings as being resolved or finite. But, to me, a painting can be an index for all of the paintings I've done and all of the paintings I'm going to do. It's like if I'm doing a film of the Olympics, I'm not examining a specific sport; I'm interested in the overall context.

  Sarah Morris

  Sports, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You need to have a reader's sympathy in order to accomplish anything. It's like at a reading, I find it's better to read something funny than to read something tragic. It just goes over better because you have a finite amount of time with somebody. Of course, in a book, you have a lot of time. But you still do want to make a certain impression right when you begin.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Book, Reading, Order

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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