I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into … - David Attenborough

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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

David Attenborough

I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.

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No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced.

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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

Beauty, Nature, Earth Day, Worth, Natural, World

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

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Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment

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What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet.

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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

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Mark Haddon

The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different even if there's a risk of it going wrong.

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Mickey Spillane

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.

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Rumi

You're water. We're the millstone. You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes. You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the clarity. We're the language that tries to say it. You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.

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Demosthenes

We believe whatever we want to believe.

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