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A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time. ↗

— James Lovelock

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Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. ↗

— James Lovelock

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Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive. ↗

— James Lovelock

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All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it. ↗

— James Lovelock

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

— James Russell Lowell

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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

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I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

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

— Lyle Lovett

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

— James Russell Lowell

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For each of our actions there are only consequences. ↗

— James Lovelock

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