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Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they typically preserve the environment for the ten-thousandth generation. While human industrial processes can produce Kevlar, it takes a temperature of thousands of degrees to do it, and the fiber is pulled through sulfuric acid. In contrast, a spider makes its silk - which per gram is several times stronger than steel - at room temperature in water. ↗

— William Powers

#environment #humans #kevlar #preservation #silk

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#completely #counts #deal #everything #falls

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now. ↗

— Eminem

#came #change #done #i #much

And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#beliefs #delivery #garner #i #i think

Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very rapidly on some issues and therefore what looks settled may not be. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#earlier #everybody #i #i think #issues

But I always communicate with the audience. I never pretend like I'm just in my bedroom making a track. The whole point of doing a gig is, like, a feedback thing between you and the audience. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

#audience #bedroom #between #communicate #doing

A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen. ↗

— Diane Johnson

#gift #just #listen #present

I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm. ↗

— Robert Englund

#enthusiasm #feet #i #improvising #like

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.' ↗

— John Bolton

#booked #get #great #great idea #idea

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being. ↗