Barry Commoner Quotes

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

Barry Commoner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 28, 1917 - September 30, 2012

Topics

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My interest in science started quite early. My earliest school recollection, from age 6, is actually of mathematics, realizing that one could fill an entire page with digits and never come to the largest possible number, so I saw what was meant by infinity.

John C. Mather

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In the 2012 campaign, the president successfully transformed the most intense conservative positions into liabilities on immigration and the role of government.

John Dickerson

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Irvine, being a planned community, is really good shorthand, especially in a movie or book, for understanding suburban pressures.

Andrea Seigel

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March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Don't feel bad if you did not know that. I didn't, either, until someone recently slapped a picture of a green ribbon and a message wishing me a 'Happy CP Awareness Month' on my Facebook page. I always thought March was Women's History Month.

Maysoon Zayid

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Demographics show that we are entering a battle between young and old. I call it the 'Age War.' The young want to hang onto their money to grow their families, businesses, and wealth. The old want the tax and investment dollars of the young to sustain their old age.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I believe if two people want to commit to each other, God bless 'em.

Jeanne Phillips

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I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

Steven Heighton

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All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

Steve Spurrier

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I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

Simone Biles

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I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.

Ronald Burkle

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People are beginning to realize that it's important that we see animals in a natural state - but through film, through video, through documentaries, at wildlife preserves, and through other humanely protected ways, which don't involve... performing for us.

Montel Williams

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It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.

Jason Bateman

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