"You hear headlines from time to time about the Amazon rainforest disappearing at a greater or lesser rate.... The real story is that over time the rate has stayed just the same. Year after year, decade after decade, we have failed to stop or really even decrease deforestation..."

-- Patrick Symmes

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“It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.”
“I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself.”
“Crawling still gets you there.”
“We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.”
“Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins. He is goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved by the tears of sinners, and He never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with a truly contrite and humbled heart.”
“When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.”
“My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'”
“There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair.”

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