"...we have got to deal with increased demand for energy, increased demand for food, increased demand for water, and we've got to do that while mitigating and adapting to climate change. And we have but 21 years to do it"

-- John Beddington

#Years Quotes #Water Quotes #Energy Quotes

“A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.”
“Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.”
“For human nature is so made that only what is unusual and infrequent excites wonder or is regarded as of value. We make no wonder of the rising and the setting of the sun which we see every day; and yet there is nothing in the universe more beautiful, or worthy of wonder. When, however, an eclipse of the sun takes place, everyone is amazed - because it happens rarely.”
“What kinds of problems, and what kinds of meanings, happen in the paint? Or as one historian puts it, 'What is thinking in painting, as opposed to thinking about painting?' These are important questions, and they are very hard to answer using the language of art history.”

Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.3, Routledge
“Don't be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 30, 2013
“I regret the way that America has elected to make films for its bluntest section of society and in ways that flatter them, and we have to recognize how much that is being done for money. We have to find another way of measuring ourselves. And film is one of the few ways that might be done.”
“Itâ€™d be a poor kind of world where there was just one explanation for things. ---Rhiow”
“The forces of internationalism, humanism and solidarity will have to be victorious, or soon there will be nothing left of the human race.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

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