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After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

When people see your personality come out, they feel so good, like they actually know who you are.