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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to…
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards…
— Noam Chomsky
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To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.
— Wes Fesler
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We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living…
— Sidney Hillman
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Making matters worse is people's natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to…
— John C. Maxwell
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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
— Aristotle
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It's the old story. You might be able to fool your coaches, or your teammates, or your opponents. But, you can never…
— Unknown Author
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Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of…
— E. O. Wilson
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I like cars that are ahead of their times, and that were noble failures because they were built to a higher standard…
— Jay Leno
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The changing economic situation, the changing global market means it is understandable that employers are constantly raising the bar. It is challenging…
— Jim Knight
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