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We're running out of time.


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Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.



We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.



It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.



Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).



What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.



How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.

How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.



What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.



It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.



We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.

We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.



Planet Earth, creation, the world in which civilization developed, the world with climate patterns that we know and stable shorelines, is in imminent peril.

Planet Earth, creation, the world in which civilization developed, the world with climate patterns that we know and stable shorelines, is in imminent peril.





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There are three keys for your journey. Humility, wisdom, love. Don’t leave without them - they will enrich you all the way. And they will bless those around you.



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When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.



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I have this eerie feeling that by the time I'm 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before. It's cool but also a little creepy.



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I've had a lot of movies that didn't get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was able to survive, or the studio still stayed and supported it.



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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.



You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.

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Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.



You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus.

You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus.




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