"Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now."

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Source : Jonathan Schell (2000). “The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition”, Stanford University Press

Jonathan Schell

#Inspiring Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Extinction Quotes

“Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning.”
“Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.”
“I'm getting more and more into Chinese art and Japanese, some of those scroll paintings are amazing. You follow the change of the seasons. It's really something. These guys were great masters and of course the use of space.”
“If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might enjoy true Happiness, I would prefer a small peaceable Society, in which Men, neither envy'd nor esteem'd by Neighbours, should be contented to live upon the Natural Product of the Spot they inhabit, to a vast Multitude abounding in Wealth and Power, that should always be conquering others by their Arms Abroad, and debauching themselves by Foreign Luxury at Home.”

Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.4, Jazzybee Verlag
“Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.”
“What most news people don't comprehend is that most of the public are not heavy information seekers - unlike journalists and the smaller portion of the population that is socially, politically and economically active.”
“It [moviemaking] is all a relationship business. It's a personal business. It's all personal relationships, if you're lucky enough to build on one to the other.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic.”

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

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