"I feel humiliated that I live in a……" — David Suzuki
"I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must we maintain the current level of consumption, but that it must continue to grow by an exponential factor of 2 to 7 percent every year?"
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153 Quotes by David Suzuki
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More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
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So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act…
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is…
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Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.
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Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going…
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We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of…
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Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always…
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Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and…
— Emile Durkheim
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Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling
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Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and…
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence;…
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In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books.
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