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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial then ever that we take steps to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependency on foreign oil. ↗

— Mary Bono

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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic. ↗

— James Buchan

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With 3 percent of the world's resources and 25 percent of the world's demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security. ↗

— Lois Capps

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Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#concept #into #pool #private #private property

Love becomes logically true when lost but still sought from the same source. ↗

— Brian Celio

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Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. ↗

— Nancy Chodorow

#entails #less #lower #occupation #outside

To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence. ↗

— Adam Clarke

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Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice. ↗

— Victor Cousin

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Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

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