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“I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.”
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“I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.”
Source : "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.
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“Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.”
Source : "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.
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“Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.”
Source : "Bolivia's defiant leader sets radical tone at Cancún climate talks" by John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.
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“Maybe there isn't a God after all, maybe there's only a universe rotating by itself like a millstone.”
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“To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective”
Source : David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.105, A&C Black
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“Obviously a deer on the fairway has seen you tee off before and knows that the safest place to be when you play is right down the middle.”
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“I always wrote. I've written stories since I was 9. We didn't have a computer at home, but my aunt Magda had one. Whenever I'd go to her place, I was in the basement working on her computer, writing stories.”