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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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An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is…
— Bill Bryson
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Change is a journey and the journey is always about change. And if there is no change, why bother with the journey?…
— Harrison Owen
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America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing…
— Stewart Udall
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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…
— Wangari Maathai
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If you create any open space within yourself, love will fill it.
— Deepak Chopra
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Because things grow. Wherever there is air and light and open space, things grow.
— Helen Oyeyemi
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Silence...leads us to make a gift of self rather than a selfishness that has been gift-wrapped ...Silence does not mean running away…
— Unknown Author
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Growing Greener doesnt produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
— Ed Rendell
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The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic…
— Robert Dold
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The government only makes restrictive rules, they dont show you what to do so you know, OK, heres where we need this…
— Harry Seidler
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I believe that behind every closed door there is an open space.
— Ping Fu
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A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and…
— Clarence Stein
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