"The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die."

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Source : Interview with Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997.

Barry Commoner

#Agriculture Quotes #People Quotes #Sick Quotes

“This is New York, a combat zone, and everyone has to have an angle or they're not allowed over the bridges or through the tunnels. Let them have their angles, it's what they live for. You've got better things to worry about, like making sure the people that actually matter don't try any funny stuff.”
“My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame.”
“Carbs are devastating for the brain.”
“Some wedges are great but you can look like your feet are encased in cement.”
“Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.”

Source : "New Cyclopædia of Illustrations". Book by Elon Foster, 1870.
“The most important questions of life are indeed, for the most part, really only problems of probability.”
“I think I can do more inside the Republican Party to keep it in the center of the road. That's where Eisenhower was. And I'm an unabashed Eisenhower Republican.”
“Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.”

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