"The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world."

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Source : Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

Norman Borlaug

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Green Quotes

“A left turn in the fate of Russia is as necessary as it is inevitable.”
“Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.”
“The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.”
“In HEATHEN, R. Flowers Rivera remixes the classical and the Biblical, the usual and the typical until what we thought we knew of ourselves and others is new again. The mythic becomes particular; the particular becomes mythic in these fascinating poems of personalities and personas. Riveraâ€™s work is rich in empathy and invention. Heathen is a book of psalms for the present day.”
“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”
“A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal”
“Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those cups, and even broken. Some people throw them away, thinking that it will stop the pain. Poor fools. Nobody can fill a cup but Almighty God Himself. Nobody.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2017). “McKettrick Men Complete Collection: McKettrick's Luck\McKettrick's Pride\McKettrick's Heart”, p.403, HQN Books

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