Gertrude Stein on population
Gertrude Stein118 quotes“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”
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Of course I know our economic growth can’t match our population growth so of course I know we’ll all get poorer until we get that number down – don’t tell me, tell the other idiots!
Bernard ChidzeroBernard Chidzero A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
Boris YeltsinBoris Yeltsin It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.
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Bill McKibbenBill McKibben The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world’s population.
Bill BrysonBill Bryson Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
Billie Joe ArmstrongBillie Joe Armstrong Even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.
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