"We see evidence that lakes and forests and……" — Johan Rockstrom
"We see evidence that lakes and forests and wetlands can have different equilibria - so you have a savanna system that may be stable and thriving, but it can also tip over and become an arid steppe if pushed too far by warming, land degradation, and biodiversity loss."
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Johan Rockstrom
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There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as…
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In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.
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I've had the hat for four years and it keeps getting better with age. It's been in the ocean and…
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can…
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Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and…
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