"People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes."

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Source : "A Planetary Problem". Interview with Amy Davidson, www.newyorker.com. April 25, 2005.

Elizabeth Kolbert

#People Quotes #Focus Quotes #Too Late Quotes

“It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.”
“So make it your aim and lifelong habit, when you see someone who's serving, to be reminded of the sacrifice of the Savior, for apart from His sacrifice there is no serving.”
“I'm into grilled cheese. Â Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful!”
“Longfellow is to poetry what the barrel-organ is to music.”

Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1968). “Van Wyck Brooks: the early years: a selection from his works, 1908-1921”
“You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick in here and a stick in there.”
“I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2009). “The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery”, p.78, Penguin
“One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the undertaker!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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