#beg

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#begin #devoted #humane #intelligent #just

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#absurdity #apparent #because #begun #carefully

Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#being #best #big #business #camaraderie

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#begun #burnt #computers #had #infatuation

After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required. ↗

— Rafael Correa

#am #americas #any #attend #begins

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#begin #coffee #day #each #else

Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear. ↗

— Ann Coulter

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