"As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years."

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Source : Elizabeth Kolbert (2012). “Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out?”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

Elizabeth Kolbert

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“The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.”

Source : John Gunther (1962). “A fragment of autobiography: the fun of writing the inside books”
“Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Nicklaus from Jan 14, 2014
“We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.”
“Cassie Wright knows, the moment you make yourself available to any man, he starts to take you for granted”
“My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.”
“The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.”
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
“Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.”

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