#so

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#except #fiction #history #human #humans

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#blew #books #conditions #gives #hope

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#africa #african #beyond #central #consequences

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #although #been #behind #biggest

We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#controls #designing #dinosaurs #evolving #experiment

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#accept #africa #been #certainly #condom

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#hardest #i #i do #part #performing

Songs are life in 80 words or less. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#life #songs #words

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#chelsea #different #different perspective #great #guess

That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act? ↗