David Suzuki Quotes
The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' – there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ.
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I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
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I clean my face twice a day with cold water and don't go to sleep with make-up on.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
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You have to move from just working for money to a world where money works for you.
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But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
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I don't know why my smile has become a signature pose. I think it's a nice change. I think people want to see happiness, so a smile is what can bring that. I didn't make it my trademark on purpose.
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.
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Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego. It is well no doubt, to reflect on how much one owes to others.
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The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.
