#facing

It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#death #extinction #facing #forests #life

We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#college #daughter #day #debt #door

I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent. ↗

— Alfred Schnittke

#after #am #become #country #emigration

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. ↗

— John Sununu

#background #benefit #budget #calculating #challenges

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today. ↗

— William Hague

#biggest #change #climate #climate change #face

Deficits. Most people of knowledge say it's the biggest single problem facing the economic free world. ↗

— David Hartman

#deficits #economic #facing #free #free world

You just do it, then if you die, you die. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#facing-fear #fear #survival #courage

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#panic #percy-jackson #death

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it. ↗

— Judy Blume

#experience

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. ↗

— Bill Nye

#change #climate #climate change #environmental #environmental issue