"The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better off than previous generations, so it's inexcusable that we find it so hard to renounce material goods."

-- Raimond Gaita

#People Quotes #Generations Quotes #Climate Quotes

“I feel thankful to God, first and foremost, allowing me to enjoy this 'smell the roses' kind of thing.”
“With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it”

Source : Michael Reagan's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.edition.cnn.com. September 1, 2004.
“Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.”
“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”
“When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.”
“My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?”
“It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.”

Source : Jennifer Hudson (2012). “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down”, p.139, Penguin
“Give me a Sunday morning, that's full of grace, A simple life and I'll be okay, here in small town U.S.A.”

Source : Song: Small Town USA, Album: Justin Moore, 2009

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