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You will die but the carbon will not its career does not end with

You will die but the carbon will not its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life. – Jacob Bronowski

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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. – Jacob Bronowski

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The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. – Jacob Bronowski

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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski

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Over and over, we hear politicians say they cant spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. – David Suzuki

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One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. – Maurice Strong

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We assume that everythings becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense thats true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. – Paul Hawken

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At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer, we invariably choose the money. – Ethan Hawke

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