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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#incredulity #many #nothing #pleasures #return

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution. ↗

— James Lovelock

#aspirations #caps #china #emit #gases

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average. ↗

— James Lovelock

#average #being #century #degrees #different

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#guitar #i #living #make #never

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#day #days #ever #june #perfect

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. ↗

— James Lovelock

#even #going #happen #i #i do

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it. ↗

— James Lovelock

#got #i #paying #personal #price

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. ↗

— James Lovelock

#any #around #been #come #evolution

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA. ↗

— James Lovelock

#chance #earth #exploration #go #got

I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#be true #conservative #democrat #different #different kind