Quote by Jared Diamond
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I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book… and I began putting more work into environmental history. – Jared Diamond

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The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. – Jared Diamond

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Learning
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Ive worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I dont want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. – Jared Diamond

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communication
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Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction – namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. – Jared Diamond

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Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earths best interests and our citizens pressing needs. – Jim Clyburn

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environmental

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. – David R. Brower

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environmental

Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes. – Cathy McMorris

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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. – Maurice Strong

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environmental

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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. – Karl Kraus

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Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible – and every place alike. – Ronald Steel

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car

I am my own heaven and hell! – J.C.F. von Schiller

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In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen – the anticipation and anxiety is worse than what ends up happening. – Oren Peli

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