Maurice Strong Quotes
We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.
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People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.
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I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
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Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.
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Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
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The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.
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I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.
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I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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The gospel needs to be preached all over the world. You cannot light a candle and put it under a roof.
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I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.
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The monotony of a long heroic poem may often be pleasantly relieved by judicious interruptions in the perfect succession of rhymes, just as the metre may sometimes be adorned with occasional triplets and Alexandrines.
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Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean share a cultural heritage based on centuries of common history. And what is more, we share the same values and world view. We believe in a world order that is based on cooperation, on regionalism, on multilateralism.
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The majority of the world is empty space. Empty space, empty space, empty space. All that we see in the world, the life, the animals, plants, people - it's all empty space. That's amazing!
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It is the bane and the balm of individual perception that 'objective' reality is seen through the filter of each person's temperament.
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When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.
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I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.
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We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.
