"It drives me crazy to see so much of this planet's life so casually endangered. The first steps are so easy (drive smaller cars, for instance) that it's very hard to understand why we haven't taken them. But I know that this is the issue our generation will be judged by."

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Source : "'Survivor' Aras: I'd Be 'Stoked' if Vytas Won". ETonline Interview, www.etonline.com. November 21, 2013.

Bill McKibben

#Crazy Quotes #Taken Quotes #Issues Quotes

“If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thanks to the natural support it will find in the stupidity of the multitude. It must return to its real task, which is to be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.”
“Later after college I discovered Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and those kind of bands. My tastes have changed but I still carry a lot of the influences from my youth.”
“As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.”
“I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children.”
“The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel.”
“The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.”
“It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.”
“I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.”

Source : "Marc Quinn interview: Just a load of shock? (2000)". Interview with R.J. Preece, www.artdesigncafe.com. September 15, 2009.

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