"The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than their climate models predicted."

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Source : "Four harsh truths about climate change". www.woodstocksentinelreview.com. December 4, 2008.

Gwynne Dyer

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“Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two.”
“Optimism is the parent of despair, while pessimism allows the mind to accustom itself to the inevitable disappointments of human existence by degrees, just as some drugs induce a state of tolerance. Pessimists, moreover, have the better sense of humour, for they have a livelier apprehension of pretension and absurdity. In a meritocracy, furthermore, those who fail must either indulge in elaborate mental contortions to disguise reality from themselves or sink into a deep melancholy.”
“Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith or hope that we can, it is the demonstration that we can.”

Source : Edward Bond (2013). “Lear”, p.12, A&C Black
“There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When people search for "Life Quotes" they are often looking for quotes about life. Why do the major search engines only give them hundreds of pages of commercial garbage about Life Insurance Quotes?”
“The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security”
“It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.”
“Vic pointed at him, two finger-guns of approval. â€œI like a man who knows the value of words, doesnâ€™t spend â€™em too cheap.â€ Ranulf nodded. â€œThat is the manner in which I roll.”

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