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We face the question whether a still higher “standard of living” is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949

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Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions. – Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings, 1950

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The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. – Alan Gregg

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What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. – Friedrich Holderlin

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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians. – Neville Marriner

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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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Im a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. – David Frum

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