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People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can…
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It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what…
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It is estimated that one-third of all reef-building corals, a third of all fresh-water mollusks, a third of sharks and rays, a…
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In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.
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Zalasiewicz is convinced that even a moderately competent stratigrapher will, at the distance of a hundred million years or so, be able…
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Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart—the mutations that make us the…
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Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear…
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What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we're willing to do…
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In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled.
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Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and environmental protection.…
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Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.
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It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world.
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So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always…
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Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we…
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It is estimated that one-third of all reef-building corals, a third of all fresh-water mollusks, a third of sharks and rays, a…
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The big, huge meteor headed toward the Earth. Could nothing stop it? Maybe Bob could. He was suddenly on top of the…
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You possess a non-renewable resource, which is headed toward total depletion and that resource is time. You can either invest your life…
— Billy Graham
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To feel the anguish of waiting for the next moment and of taking part in the complex current (of affairs) not knowing…
— Frida Kahlo
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Your legs feel like fried bacon after a day of climbing and descending. It's a roller coaster ride, but no one is…
— Frosty Wooldridge
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I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap…
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I hope he has them chasing blue squirrels all day!" Graystripe hissed to Fireheart as they headed toward the corner where a…
— Erin Hunter
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Before Kiki and I headed toward the Keep, I thanked my friends. “For what? We didn’t do anything,” Janco grumbled. “For caring…
— Maria V. Snyder
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This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.
— Jeaniene Frost
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Prior to SunRun, I was headed toward a career in venture capital and then realized I wanted to apply my knowledge of…
— Lynn Jurich
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