"The greatest problem we face is the growing number of people living in poverty. The related sense of hopelessness has to be impacting on every part of environmental management."

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Source : Interview, content.time.com. April 11, 1999.

Richard Leakey

#Numbers Quotes #People Quotes #Environmental Quotes

“There are major disappointments with the outcomes of Solidarity: corruption, and major pockets of economic backwardness and even poverty. By and large, though, if there were a choice between the life Poles led in the 1970s and 1980s and now, nobody but a lunatic would say they wanted to have back what they had before.”
“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”
“I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.”

Source : Albert Reynolds (2009). “Albert Reynolds: My Autobiography”, p.356, Random House
“Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration”
“I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.”
“No one should be required to see America for the first time.”
“Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is a "barbed-wire entanglement" designed to interfere with, restrict, and impede government officials in the exercise of political power.”
“I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life on the street.”

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