"This is not something that happens far away……" — Larry Brilliant
"This is not something that happens far away to people that we don't know. Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once."
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15 Quotes by Larry Brilliant
Larry Brilliant has 15 quotes on this site.
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Google's a strange place. When I met Eric Schmidt, he said, "If you are kind to everybody, then you will…
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One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The…
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If you don't put the spiritual and religious dimension into our political conversation, you won't be asking the really big…
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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The defining character of Steve Jobs isn't his genius, it isn't his talent, it isn't his success. It's his love.…
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The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they make you feel…
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In 1980 we declared the globe free of smallpox. It was the largest campaign in United Nations history until the…
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I make a hundred mistakes a day. I am, and have been, and will continue to be, wrong about almost…
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Life didn't just happen to them. They experienced life at a deeper level than I had ever experienced it. I…
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If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.
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Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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More Activism Quotes
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom…
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Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope…
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Philanthropy is activism.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not…
— Tommy Chong
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Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a…
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As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that…
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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
— Alice Walker
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
— Michael Shermer
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Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.
— William Baldwin
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