"I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible."

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Source : "Go green: have fewer kids, says environmentalist" by Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2009.

Jonathon Porritt

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes

“I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.”
“Rowdy, hopped-up college kids pass us in an endless, noisy blur like they're being mass produced or squeezed out of a tube - guys skulking in their T-shirts and cargo shorts, girls in low-slung jeans and flip-flops, pimples and breasts and tattoos and lipstick and legs and bra straps, and cigarettes; a colorful, sexy melange. I feel old and tired and I just want to be them again, want to be young and stupid, filled with angst and attitude and unbridled lust. Can I have a do-over, please? I swear to God I'll make a real go of it this time.”
“Our object is the economic freedom of the producing classes; this ultimate goal will be attained after a long and bitter struggle; therefore, our primary task is to organize the masses and lead them in the struggle for economic freedom.”
“There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star.”
“The very purpose for being in this body, for every one of us, is to live and rejoice in that virgin area, that untouched, pure and ever green,blissful area of our Self”
“At times what you expect and what happens donâ€™t match. The faster you accept and adapt to what happened & work towards creating what you believed, that what you expected gets created in a whole new way..!”
“Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.”
“When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other tasks. So unless you deliberately fight a habit -- unless you find new routines -- the pattern will unfold automatically.”

Source : Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.20, Random House

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