"I think green buildings are extremely important but it's only part of the equation. A lot of people think that if I put a green building everything is going to be fine, but actually it's not just the green buildings we need, but green businesses, green governments, green economics. We have to extend the greening of buildings to our business and our lifestyles - that is the most important thing to do next."

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Source : Source: www.cnn.com

Ken Yeang

#Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes #People Quotes

“College was pivotal for me. It broadened my horizons, taught me to think and question, and introduced me to many things - such as art and classical music - that had not previously been part of my life. I went to college thinking that I might teach history in high school or that I might seek a career in the retail industry, probably working for a department store, something I had done during the holidays while in high school. I came out of college with plans to do something that had never crossed my mind four years earlier.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no', then I find another way to get my 'yes.'”

Source : "Naomi Campbell: 'Everyone has a temper" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2013.
“The purpose of the media is to make us all spectators, to watch. So that's why we have millions of fat children watching the games, eating and consuming and not playing themselves.”
“I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.”

Source : Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. August 17, 2009.
“The greater a childâ€™s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.”
“The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Unclassed”, p.14, The Floating Press
“Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.”

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