Barry Commoner Quotes
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.
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In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.
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I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
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Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
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A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
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There's two ways of dealing with fears of mortality. One of them is to hide, so every day you wear the same suit and go to the same job... and the other is to reinvent yourself. I think I reinvent myself all the time. The idea that I would have to be one thing for the rest of my life would just be a soul-destroying idea.
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I've had a terrible career.
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I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
