"The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that the climate almost always changes for the worse, and only rarely for the better - God's punishment for sinful behavior."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Hans von Storch

#Past Quotes #Punishment Quotes #People Quotes

“Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.”
“Yesterday people were permitted to change things. They will be permitted to advocate changing them tomorrow. It is only dangerous to think of changing anything today.”

Source : Elizabeth Hawes (1939). “Men can take it”
“I have been thinking a lot about these things as I have come to the realization of the tremendous responsibilities which rest upon me. It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God. I am bound to believe that in a tumultuous age like ours the most important and imperative duty is the reconstruction of humanity to Almighty God.”
“Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's.”
“Don't just be yourself. Be all of yourself. Don't just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.”
“TheÂ whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process youâ€™re an ***** when you start out and an ***** when you get back.”
“It's the end--but the moment has been prepared for.”
“When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest of her booger-eating friends.”

Source : Drew Magary (2013). “Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood”, p.33, Penguin

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