"The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon."

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Source : William H. Calvin (2010). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.165, William H. Calvin

William H. Calvin

#Real Quotes #Political Quotes #Focus Quotes

“A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.”
“As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.”
“For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.”
“Put on a trench, you're suddenly Audrey Hepburn walking along the Seine.”
“You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party.”

Source : "Edward W Brooke, first black man to win popular election to US Senate, dies" by the Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. January 3, 2015.
“And the name of the one shall be Fearfulness. And the name of the other shall be Arrogance... Well, clearly you are not Fearfulness, so I suppose you must be Arrogance.' This was not very polite.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.799, Bloomsbury Publishing
“FBI Girl is touching and funny, inspiring and tragic, enlightening and sad. I closed the book with tears in my eyes and admiration in my heart for the girl Maura Conlon was and the writer she became.”
“Sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.588, Simon and Schuster

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