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Annie Leonard Quotes: Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change.
         

Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change.


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There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.

There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.



Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2000 times the price of anything else? How about a $ 10,000 sandwich?

Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2000 times the price of anything else? How about a $ 10,000 sandwich?



Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop and shop.

Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop and shop.



Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.

Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.



You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely.

You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely.



Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.

Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.



We've got to rescue our democracy by using it.

We've got to rescue our democracy by using it.



The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.

The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.



Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.



It's crucial we know the facts and science, but it's naïve to rely on them alone to build a movement for change.

It's crucial we know the facts and science, but it's naïve to rely on them alone to build a movement for change.





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These are the winter's people, he reminded himself. Tears froze upon your cheeks where they come from.

These are the winter's people, he reminded himself. Tears froze upon your cheeks where they come from.



I would think that you are more fluent with the rational. It has its appeal. But the irrational permits a greater exercise of ... shall we say, power.

I would think that you are more fluent with the rational. It has its appeal. But the irrational permits a greater exercise of ... shall we say, power.



Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.



Definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.

Definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.



Allah is not Jehovah either. Jehovah's not going to turn you into a terrorist that'll try to bomb people and take the lives of thousands and thousands of people.

Allah is not Jehovah either. Jehovah's not going to turn you into a terrorist that'll try to bomb people and take the lives of thousands and thousands of people.



If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise no matter where my residence is.

If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise no matter where my residence is.



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True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make.

True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make.



People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.




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