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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I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
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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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The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.
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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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I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.
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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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You can just start to feel really pregnant. Like you are the hugest person on the face of the planet.
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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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There is today a frightful disappearance of living species, be they plants or animals. And it's clear that the density of human beings has become so great, if I can say so, that they have begun to poison themselves. And the world in which I am finishing my existence is no longer a world that I like.
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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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Let us imagine a number of men in chains and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of man.
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.
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Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.
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The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.
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I am a hard house freak and I don't care who knows.
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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.
