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" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "
Prince Charles
Tired
Become
Life
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" We need to be realistic. There is very little we can do now to stop the ice from disappearing from the North Pole in the summer. And we probably cannot prevent the melting of the permafrost and the resulting release of methane. In addition, I fear that we may be too late to help the oceans maintain their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. "
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Summer
Need
" We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally. "
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Destruction
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" The whole of nature cries out at our mistreatment of her. If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago. "
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Long
Nature
" As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off. "
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Take
Long
Myself
" Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear. "
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Lead
Power
Powerful
" The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character. "
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Car
Create
More
" I'd rather go by bus. "
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Bus
Go
Rather
" We would never comment on private correspondence. "
Prince Charles
Comment
Never
Private
" The mistake is to think that clever technology can solve everything, but it can't solve our relationship with nature, which is where I think it's gone wrong in that we have somehow abandoned our proper connection with nature. "
Prince Charles
Think
Technology
Relationship
" You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored. "
Prince Charles
Bored
Me
You
" We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather? "
Prince Charles
Details
Weather
Change
" I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. "
Prince Charles
Learned
Monkey
Watching
" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "
Prince Charles
Look
Father
Eyes
" I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them. "
Prince Charles
Hope
Born
Better
" We are not the technology. It should be our - you know, our slave, the technology. But it's rapidly becoming our master in many areas, I think. "
Prince Charles
You
Think
Slave
" Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it. "
Prince Charles
People
Survive
History
" Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum. "
Prince Charles
Forget
You
Thank You
" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "
Prince Charles
Believe
Everyone
I Believe
" The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history. "
Prince Charles
Culture
Men
Learning
" Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ. "
Prince Charles
Forget
Middle
Born
" All the time I feel I must justify my existence. "
Prince Charles
Existence
I Feel
Justify
" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "
Prince Charles
You
Encourage
Always
" I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. "
Prince Charles
Very
Good
Monkey
" Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? "
Prince Charles
Expect
Me
You
" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "
Prince Charles
Challenge
Say
Adventure
" We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it. "
Prince Charles
Know
Future
Environment
" Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth. "
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Successful
Earth
Hong Kong
" It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science. "
Prince Charles
Trust
Science
Blind
" I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants. "
Prince Charles
Time
Christian
Growing
" Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole. "
Prince Charles
Live
Conservative
Islam