"We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may have had some intuition that it was a binge and the earth couldn't support it, but aside from the easy things (biodegradable detergent, slightly smaller cars) we didn't do much. We didn't turn our lives around to prevent it. Our sadness is almost an aesthetic response - appropriate because we have marred a great, mad, profligate work of art, taken a hammer to the most perfectly proportioned of sculptures."

-- Bill McKibben

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“Every thought of yours is a real thing - a force.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2007). “Thought Forces: Essays Selected from the White Cross Library”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.
“People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.”

Source : ""Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.
“In Russia, people suffer from the stillness of time.”
“People have two sides, and a person first becomes appealing when you discover both of those sides - and worlds work exactly the same way.”
“One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us”

Source : Dean Koontz (2011). “A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie”, p.170, Bantam
“Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity - primarily the conversion of habitat to agricultural uses ... - have not diminished.”
“If businesses don't know from state to state what the requirements are for taxes, they have to waste a lot of money on accountants and lawyers before deciding to expand their business into the state next door.”
“People talk about random acts of kindness, and that goes back to the measure of being gentlemanly again. It's about having consideration for others, and not expecting anything back. That's the difference.”

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