"Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant and animal species became extinct. New species came into being over tens and hundreds of thousands of years. But these are time scales and generations that we cannot imagine."

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Source : "Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them". www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2009.

James Hansen

#Animal Quotes #Years Quotes #Half Quotes

“When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find done by the hand of great masters.”
“Very active in the label, maybe to a fault sometimes.”
“You can't magic yourself back 10 years.”

Source : "Paula Radcliffe set for surgery as Olympic preparation begins" by Barney Ronay, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2011.
“I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.”
“I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.”

Source : "Tripp: Pentagon settlement wasn't 'financial victory'". www.cnn.com. December 2, 2003.
“I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.”
“I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.”
“The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.”

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