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Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution – warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain – are even more deadly here. – Jeff Goodell

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Americans dont pay much attention to environmental issues, because they arent sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesnt get anybodys pulse racing. – Jeff Goodell

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environmental
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Jeff Goodell
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One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it wont jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing. – Jeff Goodell

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Change
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Jeff Goodell
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Geoengineering – the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earths climate to offset global warming – is a nightmare fix for climate change. – Jeff Goodell

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Change
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Jeff Goodell
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In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold. – Nellie Bly

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Food

All sorrows are less with bread. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

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Food

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear – things like hamburgers and hot dogs – were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food. – Alton Brown

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Food

I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans. – S.J.Perelman

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Food

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If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you cant ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects. – Thabo Mbeki

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I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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Man can certainly flee from God… but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. – Karl Barth

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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication. – Yoko Ono

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