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We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.
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It gradually became clear that the Green Belt Movement's work with communities to repair the degraded environment could not be done effectively…
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The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,…
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We have a responsibility to protect the rights of generations, of all species, that cannot speak for themselves today. The global challenge…
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People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was…
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You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it…
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As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will…
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Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to…
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It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what…
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Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the…
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Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu…
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Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept…
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As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind…
— Pat Summitt
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A complacent player is a lazy player, and a lazy player is a loser.
— Darryl Sutter
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A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.
— Harold Laski
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I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously.
— Barbara Hershey
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We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.
— Abraham Flexner
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The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed…
— Jonathan Ive
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Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as…
— Blake Griffin
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Now I have a third must-do on my list of things to do with cancer, and it's this: follow your gut, ask…
— Cynthia Nixon
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Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media,…
— Mark Twain
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I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - who tried to be part of his times, tried to help…
— Paul Newman
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If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.
— Shelley Morrison
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