"The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every individual have a role to play in changing entrenched outlooks and ending destructive patterns of behaviour"

-- Kofi Annan

#Jobs Quotes #Play Quotes #Government Quotes

“The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time.”
“You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible”
“To initiate (user) action, doing must be easier than thinking.”
“If they want to play football, we can play football.”
“What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it?”
“Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.”

Source : "Redesigning the Future: a Systems Approach to Societal Problems". Book by Russell L. Ackoff, p. 8, 1974.
“The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete, moated island nations. The little group of citizens on the slab of rock gathered together instinctively, almost defensively, and everyone who was outside the wallsâ€”even if you'd once been best friendsâ€”was now just that, outsiders.”
“Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.”

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