Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
If we assume, very conservatively, that there are two million species in the tropical rainforests, this means that something like five thousand species are being lost each year. This comes to roughly fourteen species a day, or one every hundred minutes.
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And without forgiveness, there is never any peace.
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Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.
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I have studied this Book, and I would never even dream of saying I've come to the bottom of the Word of God.
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As much as the social conservatives might not like to hear it, there will be a time when your grandchildren say: 'What was the argument with gay marriage? Who cares?'
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I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
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Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure.
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We can't live alone in any society. But the best way to help a society or group, is to be the best individual in it that we can be.
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I believe, sir, in all the progress. Air navigation is the result of the oceanic navigation: from water the human has to pass in the air. Everywhere where creation will be breathable to him, the human will penetrate into the creation. Our only limit is life.
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If we assume, very conservatively, that there are two million species in the tropical rainforests, this means that something like five thousand species are being lost each year. This comes to roughly fourteen species a day, or one every hundred minutes.
