Barry Commoner Quotes
Clearly, we have compiled a record of serious failures in recent technological encounters with the environment. In each case, the new technology was brought into use before the ultimate hazards were known. We have been quick to reap the benefits and slow to comprehend the costs.
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Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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Home is where one starts from.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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I do whatever comes my way. But I get burned out on stage. It's a lonely world. I think part of the romanticism about being on the road is you get to meet a lot of - my mom once told me, "You've probably got a woman at every port." Like I'm a pirate. Obviously she doesn't know her son that well.
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People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
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The spread of Viking bling is a good indication of the spread of its culture.
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I got into rhythmic gymnastics when I was four years old.
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Clearly, we have compiled a record of serious failures in recent technological encounters with the environment. In each case, the new technology was brought into use before the ultimate hazards were known. We have been quick to reap the benefits and slow to comprehend the costs.
