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" 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? "

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" 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. "

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" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "

" 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. "

" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "

" Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum. "

" 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. "

" I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. "

" I'd rather go by bus. "

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" All the time I feel I must justify my existence. "

" 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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" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "

" 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. "

" The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance. "

" I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet. "

" 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. "

" I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional. "

" There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. "

" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "

" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off. "

" 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. "

" That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. "

" Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? "

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" Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. "

" Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ. "