"The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has lubricated most backyard owners to support wind power. It comes from those who appreciate the beauty of the countryside and who question the industrial spoliation of miles of open landscape for a pitiful net gain to climate change."

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Source : "Ecotowns and turbines are a political slap in the face of the landscape" by Simon Jenkins, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2009.

Simon Jenkins

#Wind Quotes #Government Quotes #Appreciate Quotes

“Oh, lighten up, Clark. I'm the one having scalding hot air directed at my genitals.”
“If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller”
“When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive.”

Source : Randy Alcorn (2015). “Happiness”, p.71, NavPress
“How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.”
“I'm inspired by other people's creativity, just seeing things happen and wondering where they come from. That gets my mind going. Even if it's just wanting to know how something works.”
“I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.”
“No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination forward.”

Source : Karen Tei Yamashita (1997). “Tropic of Orange: A Novel”
“Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.”

Source : Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.382, David C Cook

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