"We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place."

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Source : "Günter Grass in quotes: 12 of the best", www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2015.

Gunter Grass

#Future Quotes #Growth Quotes #Statistics Quotes

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity”

Source : Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1807). “The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains”, p.277
“There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.”
“If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in English and write their names and to all persons of color who own real estate valued at not less than two hundred and fifty dollars and pay taxes thereon, and would completely disarm the adversary. This you can do with perfect safety. And as a consequence, the radicals, who are wild upon negro franchise, will be completely foiled in their attempts to keep the Southern States from renewing their relations to the Union.”
“Hardworking men and women deserve not only job security, but also a paycheck when they need to take time off to care for a loved one.”

Source : "It’s Time For Paid Family and Medical Leave to Empower Working Women and Modernize the Workplace" by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2014.
“World, they have taken the small children like butterflies and thrown them, beating their wings, into the fire--”
“Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.”
“My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager. I always loved movies but they seemed too complicated until I got a job as an assistant on a movie-of-the-week and the technical process became demystified, like peeking behind a magician's curtain. Not long after that I switched to movies and never looked back.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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