"We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development in the new clean energy industries of the future are much higher priorities for most voters than capping carbon emissions or taxing dirty energy sources. So why not redefine our agenda as the solution to those problems?"

-- Ted Nordhaus

#Jobs Quotes #Dirty Quotes #Oil Quotes

“It is a dream of mankind to fly like a bird.”
“Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.”

Source : Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy (2002). “Collected Works”, p.194, Univ of California Press
“The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. The people- beaten down today, yet rising tomorrow; losing the road one minute but finding it the next; their eyes always fixed on a star of true brotherhood, equality and dignity- the people are the real guardians of our hopes and dreams.”

Source : "Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974".
“religion, like beauty, cannot be experienced in cold blood.”
“I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.”
“It is just as proper, maybe even more so, to say Christ's global cause has a Church as to say Christ's Church has a global cause.”

Source : David Bryant (1984). “In the gap: what it means to be a world Christian”
“I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. "And fries," Sean said. "And a vanilla milkshake." Annie remained unthrilled. "Okay, okay. You can have a Big Mac." Romance in my century, she thought, is pitiful.”
“The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.”

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