Quote by John Steinbeck
The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-c

The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town lets wither a time and die. – John Steinbeck

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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. – John Steinbeck

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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. – John Steinbeck

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Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. And still we hear, If only this nation had a soul, or, Let us change the way we trade, or, Let us be proud of our region. – Leonard Cohen

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Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so lets not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. – Ronald Reagan

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The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. – Ren

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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked. – Ralph Nader

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