Avoiding Quote by Greta Thunburg

“Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.”

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I don't really like being in the centre of attention.

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I think that once you fully understand the climate and ecological emergencies, then you know what you can do as well. And, of course,…

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We can no longer save the world by playing by the rules.

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The best thing about my protest has been to see how more and more people have been coming and getting involved.

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I really miss having a routine because now I've been on the road constantly for several months. I like routines, so it would be…

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I mean, people aren't continuing like this and not doing anything because they are evil, or because they don't want to. We aren't destroying…

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I have Asperger's, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I don't really care about social codes. It makes you think differently.

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Most emissions aren't caused by individuals, they're caused by corporations and states.

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We have to understand what the older generation has dealt to us, what mess they have created that we have to clean up and…

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I thought I couldn't make a difference because I was too small.

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It's empowering to know I am doing something, I am taking a stand, I am disrupting.

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Some people can just let things go, but I can't, especially if there's something that worries me or makes me sad.

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Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.

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