#starting point

The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. It is at that level, and at no other, that she ought to begin to think about the world situation. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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#back #begin #first #first of all #go

To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

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#adequately #armageddon #bad #both #bring

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point. ↗

— Estelle Morris

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#ambitious #asked #becoming #council #good