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Wangari Maathai has 79 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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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Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then…
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The joy of late love is like green firewood when set aflame, for the longer the wait in lighting, the greater heat…
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Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil…
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You've gotten drunk on so many kinds of wine. Taste this. It won't make you wild. It's fire. Give up, if you…
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Here we grow the flax and grain; here we raise the meat they eat, and the wool to keep them warm; we…
— Ernest Poole
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The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or…
— Philip Connors
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Cows provide approx 100 million tonnes of dry dung a year costing Rs 5000 crores which saves 50 million tonnes of firewood…
— Maneka Gandhi
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Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to…
— Marcus Aurelius
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The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.
— Steve Backley
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As a child I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room - the dry twigs, leaves and…
— R. K. Laxman
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The piano is not firewood -- yet.
— Regina Spektor
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter…
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