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“I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth - at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation.”

“Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.”

Should Believe Fate Accounts Curious Inequality Immortality Reincarnation

Book:Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated)

“It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides.”

Men World Art Real Courses Loses Fate Accounts Prime Misfortunes Imaginary Real Friends Imaginary Friend Prime Of Life

Book:The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Volume 2 (of 2) (Illustrations)

Source: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Volume 2 (of 2) (Illustrations)

“So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.”

May Lasts Fate Tomorrow Rivers Accounts Disappear Last Words

Book:The Lost World

Source: The Lost World

“And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the death of weariness which they knew not in themselves; and they grieved greatly for the loss of their friends. But Bëor at the last had relinquished his life willingly and passed in peace; and the Eldar wondered much at the strange fate of Men, for in all their lore there was no account of it, and its end was hidden from them.”

Men Firsts Ends Age Lasts Loss Grief Saws Fate Strange First Time Accounts Lays Wounds Weariness

Book:The Silmarillion

Source: The Silmarillion

“What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.”

Thinking Two Happens Happiness Three Growth My Own Fate Influence Personality Accounts Linked Enlightening Detached

Book:A Backward Glance

Source: A Backward Glance

“[In] the realm of science, ... what we have achieved will be obsolete in ten, twenty or fifty years. That is the fate, indeed, that is the very meaning of scientific work. ... Every scientific "fulfillment" raises new "questions" and cries out to be surpassed rendered obsolete. Everyone who wishes to serve science has to resign himself to this.”

Years Science Wish Fate Cry Hard Work Ten Accounts Twenties Raises Fulfillment Realms Fifty Obsolete Very Mean

Book:The Vocation Lectures

Source: The Vocation Lectures

“Everything that we do affects our fate for better or for worse. The circumstances into which we are born also exert a tremendous influence; we come into the world with debits and credits for which we are not responsible already posted to our account: this teaches us humility.”

World Born Teach Fate Influence Humility Circumstances Accounts Responsible Credit Debit

Book:With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey

Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey

“Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.”

Happens Turns Chance Fate Accounts

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“During my span of life science has become a matter of public concern and the l'art pour l'art standpoint of my youth is now obsolete. Science has become an integral and most important part of our civilization, and scientific work means contributing to its development. Science in our technical age has social, economic, and political functions, and however remote one's own work is from technical application it is a link in the chain of actions and decisions which determine the fate of the human race. I realized this aspect of science in its full impact only after Hiroshima.”