"Weather patterns over the next 20 or 30 years are going to be determined by the amount of CO2 that is up there now"

-- John Beddington

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“If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.”
“Other anatomical changes associated with long-duration space flight are definitely negative: the immune system weakens, the heart shrinks because it doesn't have to strain against gravity, eyesight tends to degrade, sometimes markedly (no one's exactly sure why yet). The spine lengthens as the little sacs of fluid between the vertebrae expand, and bone mass decreases as the body sheds calcium. Without gravity, we don't need muscle and bone mass to support our own weight, which is what makes life in space so much fun but also so inherently bad for the human body, long-term.”
“I realized that I spent more time thinking about my problem clients than my great clients. I had to stop feeding the drama of the problem clients-and other problems in my life.”
“Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.”

Source : "From Ticketmaster To Trees". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. October 17, 2008.
“I am not going to sell my soul for a fight. Some promoters don't believe in the philosophy that the fighters get the lion's share of a fight. They think they should be getting the lion's share for making the calls, for sitting on the chairs and discussing what is going to happen on the night. My father and I are the fighters - we don't believe in that.”

Source : Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk
“I did not think; I experimented.”
“If you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne.”
“The way in which a group of people solves problems.”

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