"From my travels around the world I have……" — Michael Palin
"From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste. It is also evident that we in the West produce far more and throw away far more than the developing world, almost without thinking"
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65 Quotes by Michael Palin
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The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.
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