Quote by Norman Borlaug
Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history

Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. – Norman Borlaug

Other quotes by Norman Borlaug

Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. – Norman Borlaug

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Food
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers – mostly small and humble – who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. – Norman Borlaug

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Food
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Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. – Norman Borlaug

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Food
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Other Quotes from
History
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Strip malls are history. – Jeff Bezos

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History

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. – Mahatma Gandhi

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History

Life isnt meant to be easy. Its hard to take being on the top – or on the bottom. I guess Im something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Life is one crisis after another. – Richard M. Nixon

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History

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. – Susan Sontag

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History

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Its hard for women who make a lot of money and make decisions all day long, then they have to come home and be Stupid Sally. Men need respect, and they need to know that they can lead in the relationship, so even if they dont make the most money they need to be able to call the shots. – Patti Stanger

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Home

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess. – Andrea Riseborough

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Fear

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, youve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. – Desmond Tutu

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Forgiveness

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. – Horace Mann

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Fear