"Carbon-free energy is simply something we have to do. The time for talk is past. If we turn around net carbon emissions by 2020 rather than 2040, we get another 2Â° of fever rather than 3Â° - and that's a big difference."

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Source : William H. Calvin (2010). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.142, William H. Calvin

William H. Calvin

#Past Quotes #Differences Quotes #Fever Quotes

“Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.”
“Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'.”
“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”

Source : "Discours prononcé à l'assemblée constituante le 12 Septembre 1848 sur la question du droit au travail". Oeuvres complètes, Volume IX, p. 546, 1866.
“My manager makes fun of me for the fact that I avoid the money, Iâ€™m allergic to money...”
“From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.”
“Working in 3D I didn't experience much of a difference, except that the cameras are very big so they can't be moved around with as much ease. It was more like, when you've seen photos of cameras from the 1930s being moved around with these huge cranes. So there was something quite sort of old-fashioned about it almost.”

Source : "James Frain Talks ‘TRON: Legacy’ & ‘The Cape’". Interview with Roth Cornet, screenrant.com. December 23, 2010.
“I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.”

Source : Wendy Mass (2008). “Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall”, p.151, Hachette UK

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