"Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in……" — David Miliband
"Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick"
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43 Quotes by David Miliband
David Miliband has 43 quotes on this site.
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Essentially, by 2050 we need all activities outside agriculture to be near zero carbon emitting if we are to stop…
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First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than…
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Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed
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Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we…
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In the future, every industry should be an environmental industry. In a world where energy and carbon emissions are constrained,…
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I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition,…
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Today, the UK must be the pioneer of a new model of economic change, that integrates social and environmental consideration.…
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Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect…
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Everything about my politics has been about the future
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My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process…
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...the science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better
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"I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you…
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't…
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Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story,…
— Paul Auster
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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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Genius is childhood recalled at will.
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What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence.
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