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People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? ”
We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it's not just a very sophisticated entertainment but a way to act. ”
In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion. ”
I have no real training in the history of fine art or furniture; my eye just works by proportions. I react intuitively. In London, it's all about color because the weather is so gray, and in that cold light they look beautiful. ”
I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality. ”
Much remains to be learned about stratospheric chemistry - and, in more general terms, about the physics and chemistry of the global atmosphere. ”
The basic science is very well established; it is well understood that global warming is due to greenhouse gases. What is uncertain is projections about specifics in the next few decades, by how much will the climate change. ”
Climate change and ozone depletion are two global issues that are different but have many connections. In the ozone depletion case, we managed to work with decision makers effectively so that an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol was achieved that essentially solved the ozone depletion problem. ”
My desire is always to play, and that will never change, I've experienced too much and had too much success. ”
It is not always easy to change country. ”