"...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies……" — Vaclav Smil

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• One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds… — Jo Brand
• Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on… — Al Capone
• A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply… — Pope Francis
• More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled… — John W. Gardner
• Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances,… — Maurice Strong
• It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about… — Cesar Chavez
• With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house… — Eric Sevareid
• I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were… — Unknown Author
• From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick.… — Gretel Ehrlich
• In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity… — Duane Elgin
• I think we can end the divisions within the United States. What I think is quite clear is that we… — Robert Kennedy

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