"When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist"

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Source : "This crisis demands a reappraisal of who we are and what progress means" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2007.

George Monbiot

#People Quotes #Climate Quotes #Saint Quotes

“No more running away from something or someone or myself.”

Source : "Supermodel Daul Kim found hanged after posting web messages" by Henry Samuel, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 20, 2009.
“Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.”

Source : Earle Birney (2014). “The Essential Earle Birney”, p.52, The Porcupine's Quill
“I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.”
“Superheroes allow their capes to hang off their backs; but our Superwomen choose to wrap them around their heads.”
“Anything that I want, I must also be ok with not having, otherwise it's idolatry.”
“Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.”
“I am the queen of everything. Every woman is.”
“I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.

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