"This is the new politics. Personal responsibility. Not leaving it to others. I am my planet's keeper."

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Hilary Benn

#Responsibility Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Climate Change Quotes

“The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.”
“Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.57, Grove Press
“If I knew what I was doing, I'd be doing it right now. I would be the best damn poet, silver words out of my mouth. My words might not be magic, but they cut straight to the truth. So if you need a lover and a friend, baby, I'm in.”
“The vast majority of people support the idea of an enlightened, modern union of countries demonstrating solidarity. Film director Wim Wenders recently summed up the problem to me very well. He said the idea of Europe has become an administration, and now people think that the administration is the idea. But that doesn't mean we should give up on the idea - it means we should change the administration.”
“You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.”
“I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.”
“Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.”
“If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.”

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