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These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent…

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The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around this part…
Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest…
Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it enables people…
The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.
There's no happy ending where we prevent climate change any more. Now the question is, is it going to be a miserable…
Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.
Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest ever recorded…
Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.
We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.
We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep it from…
The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately,…
According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives…

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People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact,… — David Brinkley
Meditation is basically the process of witnessing: looking from your centre all that is happening. Many things are happening on the outside… — Rajneesh
You need to have a passionate interest in why things are happening. That cast of mind, kept over long periods, gradually improves… — Charlie Munger
You have to communicate on a much greater scale. With a camera, you can use the flick of an eye. On stage,… — Jeremy Irons
There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things… — Sherilyn Fenn
When everything in your life is right on track, it's easy to believe that things happen for a reason. It's easy to… — Dakota Fanning
I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me. — Mitt Romney
During this Christmas season, when the world seems to be in turmoil, wars are breaking out in different places, crime is rampant,… — Billy Graham
Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you there's no real value… — Michael A. Stackpole
Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you. — Ashton Kutcher
I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening. — Kyra Sedgwick
Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens? — Wislawa Szymborska

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