“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.” YearsFirstsDoeHas BeensHappensProcessNumbersEconomicMankindRevolutionDevelopmentPeriodsModelsFirst TimeTasksTransformationClimateDepthClimate ChangeSettingSettingsDefinedYou ChooseCopConferencesEconomic DevelopmentIndustrial Revolution Author:Christiana Figueres
“It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.” FirstsGovernmentPoliticalThreeStageMilitaryRevolutionPeriodsProgramDecidedThirdsDefinedPreparationMatureProceduresThoroughDeliberationConstitutional GovernmentTutelage Author:Sun Yat-sen
“[Good taste] is a nineteenth-century concept. And good taste has never really been defined. The effort of projecting 'good taste' is so studied that it offends me. No, I prefer to negate that. We have to put a period to so-called good taste.” EffortCenturyPeriodsTasteConceptsDefinedNineteenth CenturyGood Taste Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“Youth, then, once ballyhooed as the epicenter of fun, hot dogs, hot sex, and marvelous dope-smoking good times, is now defined as follows: that period before death, characterized by smooth skin and ill-formed ideas.” IdeasFunSexDogYouthPeriodsSkinsHotIllDefinedSmokingGood TimesSmoothMarvelousDopeHot DogBefore DeathSmooth Skin Book:How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe Source: How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe
“I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.” PeopleStillsImportantBrotherPeriodsClothesDefinedFormerHippieBrooksBrooks Brothers Author:John Hughes
“My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn't go through.” WayWritingWarWantedParentPeriodsMy FamilyDiedProfoundDefinedAffectedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherFather DiedGrandfather Died Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance” MayEndsBigsTakenPeriodsSpeechDefinedPortionsGlances Book:Rhetoric Source: Rhetoric
“It's Very Important to understand the difference between dreams and goals. Dreams are things we wish for-things you enjoy thinking about but don't really know when they'll happen. Goals, on the other hand, are specific things you have decided you need to accomplish within a clearly defined period of time.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsImportantDreamHandsHappensWishEnjoyGoalDifferencesPeriodsDecidedAccomplishDefinedDreams And GoalsGoals Dreams Author:Bill Phillips
“His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra grew up, as my grandparents did, when being Italian was very, very prejudice against, but they didn't let it bring them down or use it as an excuse.” WorldUseAmericaCertainVoiceGrewPeriodsGrew UpPrejudiceExcuseDefinedItalianFrankGrandparentBeing Italian Author:Robert Davi