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What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.


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In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.

In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.



A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.



Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring this about?

Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring this about?



We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.

We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.



Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally

Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally



Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.

Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.



The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.



We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.



I am a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.

I am a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.



Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.





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You can laugh! But people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!

You can laugh! But people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!



Women always bring it back to the personal, ' said Handsome. 'It's why you can't be world leaders.''And men never do, ' I said, 'which is why we end up with no world left to lead.

Women always bring it back to the personal, ' said Handsome. 'It's why you can't be world leaders.''And men never do, ' I said, 'which is why we end up with no world left to lead.



His voice was everything she equated with home.

His voice was everything she equated with home.



I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.

I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.



First with the head, then with the heart.

First with the head, then with the heart.



The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will.

The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will.



I drove a taxi at night during my last year at BU and then for another 18 months after graduating in order to buy cameras and pay the rent while I tried to figure out for myself how to freelance.

I drove a taxi at night during my last year at BU and then for another 18 months after graduating in order to buy cameras and pay the rent while I tried to figure out for myself how to freelance.



Conversation is an evanescent relation,--no more.

Conversation is an evanescent relation,--no more.



I don't know if the police of naming statements would agree with this.

I don't know if the police of naming statements would agree with this.



Having a powerful enough WHY will provide you with the necessary HOW

Having a powerful enough WHY will provide you with the necessary HOW




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