"Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth."

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

Gary Larson

#Loss Quotes #Ecosystems Quotes #Water Quotes

“Treat the Earth as though we intend to stay here”
“Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.”

Source : Song: Vienna, Album: The Stranger, 1977
“I felt a momentary urge to leap into the sea and swim free of the present.”

Source : "What I Was: A Novel". Book by Meg Rosoff, 2007.
“We all need to be blind sometimes in order to see.”
“Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by his first contact with a culture that does.”

Source : C.S. Friedman (2001). “In Conquest Born”, p.44, Penguin
“Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.”
“Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply -- fascinating.”
“As an actor, Ive always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.”

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