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Quote by Arnold Toynbee
We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated

We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. – Arnold Toynbee

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee

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So bleak is the picture… that the bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. – Philip Shabecoff, New York Times Magazine, 4 June 1978

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It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

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When a man throws an empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable to a fine of $50. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded. – Pat Brown, quoted in David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising, 1985

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Take care of the earth and she will take care of you. – Author Unknown

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