Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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