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Way Quotes by Yvon Chouinard
- There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything,…
- Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that…
- Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from…
- I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing…
- ...there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is work…
- Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way…
- I say the last 10 percent of the way to perfection takes so much of your life that it isn't worth the effort. This overzealous…
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