Quote by Rachel Carson
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The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. – Rachel Carson

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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson

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Earth
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No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves. – Rachel Carson

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Pollution
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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. – Rachel Carson

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Curiosity
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Destruction
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To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Destruction

It may be that we shall, by a process of sublime irony, have reached a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Destruction

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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism. – Kate Adie

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Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness. – Jerry Saltz

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Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. – John of Ruysbroeck

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Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. – W. Clement Stone

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