Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
Some of these species that are now no longer with us were killed off by a fungal disease that was moved around the planet by people.
Quotes to Explore
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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'
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Being an only child is a disease in itself.
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Our journey in going beyond our home planet is a human endeavor, and in the greatest tradition of exploration, past, present, and future spacefarers will continue to be enduring catalysts for inspiration in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe.
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If they won't come to worship God in a church, something must be done. We have to instigate a nationwide search for a way to make it fun.
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Oliver . . . well. Who knew if Oliver’s problem was the disease or just a bad attitude?
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I went blonde which killed my hair. It was a disaster. I think it was neat to do it for a bit.
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I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.
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It's very interesting to think about the distinction with mind, which I just made in very general terms, but it can be made more profound when we think that there are many species, many creatures on earth that are very likely to have a mind, but are very unlikely to have a consciousness in the sense that you and I have.
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The most effective way to save endangered species is to protect the places they need to live.
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I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.
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It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.
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He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
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So, Fabricius, I already have this: that the most true path of the planet [Mars] is an ellipse, which Dürer also calls an oval, or certainly so close to an ellipse that the difference is insensible.
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The squalid cash interpretation put on the word success is our national disease.
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The prayers of all good people are good.
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Trios aren't really geared for slide unless you're gonna play chords, or play that simple George Thorogood style. It gets pretty thin when you play single note lines.
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Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.
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I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance artist and an anthropologist and a human rights lawyer. Usually at most gatherings, it's all writers. But suddenly I was at a table with all these different people and I learned from each of them, learned from the work they're doing, learned new ways to solve my problems.
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Some of these species that are now no longer with us were killed off by a fungal disease that was moved around the planet by people.
