#co

We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#buy #cheap #computer #dramatically #energy

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#better #catastrophes #century #cnn #consequence

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#darkest #doctor #end #get #hard

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#bed #felt #hour #i #longer

I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling. ↗

— Jay London

#asked #cent #i #kicked #me

I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who? ↗

— Jay London

#acute #compared #doctor #had #i

I didn't go to college, I went straight from high school to working on I'll Fly Away, I was very, very lucky. ↗

— Jeremy London

#college #fly #go #high #high school

I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls. ↗

— Jeremy London

#away #couple #dipping #fly #friends

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself. ↗

— Jeremy London

#anything #be happy #completely #doing #done

If I died snowboarding, you could honestly tell everybody in the world that Jeremy London died happy. ↗

— Jeremy London

#died #everybody #happy #honestly #i