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No action is without its side effects.


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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.



Everything is connected to everything else.

Everything is connected to everything else.



Sooner or later, wittingly or unwittingly, we must pay for every intrusion on the natural environment.

Sooner or later, wittingly or unwittingly, we must pay for every intrusion on the natural environment.



The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.

The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.



The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.



Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch.



If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.

If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.



Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development.

Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development.



The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.



After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.

After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.





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You are beholdenTo the truthIt is the wayIt is the pathIt is your destinyTo be trueIs to be



People know the value of money so they chase it. I wonder if they know the worth of love.

People know the value of money so they chase it. I wonder if they know the worth of love.



The almost erotic pleasure of spending money that others have earned and saved is one reason people put up with the tiresome aspects of political life.

The almost erotic pleasure of spending money that others have earned and saved is one reason people put up with the tiresome aspects of political life.



I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.



Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.

Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.



They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.

They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.



As long as these blood brothers are our leaders, and as long as your party officials are Jewish lackeys, you will be no threat to the big money men.

As long as these blood brothers are our leaders, and as long as your party officials are Jewish lackeys, you will be no threat to the big money men.



There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.

There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.



Regret is such a pointless emotion.

Regret is such a pointless emotion.



No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.

No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.




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