The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, let alone our own species, then who can?
BOB BROWNWe people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting in a more equitable distribution of the Earth’s largesse.
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We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture.
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I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God – by which I mean accepting all that I don’t know.
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So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive.
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I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
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I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there’s hope for many other changes.
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We are all born bonded to nature; that’s why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
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We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
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As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.
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I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
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Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world’s future.
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I didn’t want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
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For breakfast larger cups are used, and they’re more than half filled with cream. This cafe con leite doesn’t re-quire so much sugar as cafe preto-black coffee.
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I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn’t talk about himself very much.
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