Quotes with environment

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  • L. Ron Hubbard Being competent means the ability to control and operate the things in the environment and the environment itself.
    L. Ron Hubbard
    American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology (1911 - 1986)
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  • Carlos Ghosn Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Berkeley Breathed Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Carl Safina BP had a lease to drill. They did not have a lease to pollute the Gulf of Mexico. They did not have a lease to blow oil into the environment. They did not have a lease to disperse the oil and try to hide the body. They don't have a lease to clean up.
    Carl Safina
    American ecologist and author (1955 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Garry Kasparov Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bill de Blasio Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don't think he then applied it the right way.
    Bill de Blasio
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • John Dewey Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.
    John Dewey
    American philosopher (1859 - 1952)
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  • Albert Einstein Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment.
    The evolution of physics (1938)
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bob Ainsworth Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • A. Alvarez Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level.
    A. Alvarez
    English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929 - 2019)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Caitlin Doughty Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Barry Commoner Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • Bill Bradley Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
    Bill Bradley
    American former professional basketball player and politician (1943 - )
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  • Arthur Boyd Everything I do is the environment.
    Arthur Boyd
    Australian painter (1920 - 1999)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Albert Einstein Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Anthony Doerr For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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