Jeff Goodell The idea that human beings have taken a few steps closer toward asserting control over the Earth’s climate is likely to strike you as a really bad idea. – Jeff Goodell Asserting Quotes Bad Quotes Climate Quotes Closer Quotes Control Quotes Earths Quotes Human Quotes Idea Quotes Steps Quotes Strike Quotes Once we start deliberately messing with the climate systems, we could inadvertently shift rainfall patterns (climate models have shown that rainfall in the Amazon might be particularly vulnerable), causing collapse of ecosystems, drought, famine, and more. The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.
Abigail Disney When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary – it’s this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation. – Abigail Disney
John Legend Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it’s all a part of what we consider to be ‘black music.’ There is a natural synergy between the three. – John Legend
Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia has got all the things in place to continue growth: the policies are there; the mechanisms are there. So, I think even when I am not around, Malaysia can do with other people who are converse with our policies. – Mahathir Mohamad
Morris Gleitzman If we get caught up in a story, it’s because we’ve started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we’ve moved beneath the surface. – Morris Gleitzman
Lionel Blue Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. – Lionel Blue
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