"If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the US, realise they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. It will be a difficult century, and ugly, but I don't think that in the end people are so stupid as to kill themselves off."

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Source : "Future tense". Interview with Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2005.

Kim Stanley Robinson

#Stupid Quotes #War Quotes #Kids Quotes

“China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries.”

Source : "IMAX to Build 75 Screens in China Over Three Years" by Jonathan Landreth, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 24, 2011.
“Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.”
“Do not live in the shadow of the masters for ever. Learn to live in the light of your soul. Life deserves full expression.”
“The more you ride the bike, the better it gets, and the more you know how to ride it.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.”
“I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.”

Source : John S. Pistole at Senate hearing on TSA, full-body scanners, www.cnet.com. November 16, 2010.
“Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper”
“I didn't miss the rat race, but I kinda missed the rats.”

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