Barry Commoner Quotes
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
Barry Commoner
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
Zadie Smith
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
Park Chan-wook
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
Tammy Faye Bakker
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
Barbara Boxer
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
Gavin MacLeod
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
Lou Holtz
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The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.
James Cameron
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One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92% regard themselves as Han Chinese. This is quite different from the world's other most populous countries, such as India, the U.S. and Indonesia, which are ethnically diverse.
Martin Jacques
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There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.
Kabir Bedi
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
Barry Commoner
