"Because nitrous oxide [released by nitrate-fertilised soil] is 296 times stronger than COâ‚‚ at global warming and methane [cow farts] is about 26 times as potent as COâ‚‚, the combined greenhouse effect of our livestock worldwide is greater than the sum total of all the cars, trains, busses, trucks, ships, airplanes and jets."

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Source : "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink". Book by Thom Hartmann, p.22, July 23, 2009.

Thom Hartmann

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“Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.”

Source : François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.87, Gallic Books
“Iâ€™ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isnâ€™t always greener on the other side.”
“It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.”
“Dead men would start and move toward me to learn of love.”
“I used to think that the times when you don't work, you should be anxious and constantly by the phone and putting so much pressure on yourself, but I've really learned that all the experiences we have you can bring into the next job. So it's making sure your brain and body are being stimulated so you can bring something new to the next role.”
“I like Jodie Foster and then Meryl Streep. They're just, like, the greatest ever.”
“Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.”

Source : Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”
“I think hawking is the nearest thing to flying in this world. There you sit high up and poised light as air, the horse swift beneath you. You unhood your bird, let the jesses go and watch your falcon, its bells a-jingle, like some wild spirit take the air... and your own spirit goes with it.”

Source : "The Gentle Falcon". Book by Hilda Lewis, 1957.

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