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We live in such a sheltered environment in the United States. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled all over the world, and I've seen things you only read about and see on the news. ↗

— Payne Stewart

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I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#be careful #become #careful #choose #environment

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back? ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#around #back #best #choose #develop

Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment. ↗

— Maurice Strong

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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#damaging #environmental #geared #less #lifestyles

Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development. ↗

— Maurice Strong

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I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations. ↗

— Maurice Strong

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I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged. ↗

— Maurice Strong

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