"Nature is not a drag on growth. Its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development"

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Source : "Why the economy needs nature" by Tony Juniper, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2013.

Tony Juniper

#Growth Quotes #Development Quotes #Environment Quotes

“They will attach you in the morning and they will come booming - skirmishers three deep. You will have to fight like the devil until supports arrive.”
“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.”
“Gorillas are still wild creatures. That's made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that are terrifying by design. But they don't attack unless they feel threatened.”
“I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an inefficient way to write a book, though I found it exciting.”
“Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.”
“In heaven we shall see that we had not one trial too many.”
“If you're a stand-up, you're more or less yourself.”

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“Fantastic things happen - to the way we feel, to the way we make other people feel. All this simply by using positive words.”

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