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Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average. ↗

— James Lovelock

#average #being #century #degrees #different

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#attracted #became #curious #enjoyed #hearing

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#guitar #i #living #make #never

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#day #days #ever #june #perfect

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. ↗

— James Lovelock

#always #any #anyway #engineering #genetic

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. ↗

— James Lovelock

#god #i #know #religion #requires

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. ↗

— James Lovelock

#even #going #happen #i #i do

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it. ↗

— James Lovelock

#got #i #paying #personal #price

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. ↗

— James Lovelock

#been #cold #cold war #hadn #into

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. ↗

— James Lovelock

#any #around #been #come #evolution