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“We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.”

Mean Prepared Climate Climate Change Disaster Thanks Eras Entering Worldview Rumours

Author:Rebecca Solnit

“This leads to a question - if a great many people are for a certain project, is it necessarily right? If the vast majority is for it, is it even more certainly right? This, to be sure, is one of the tricky points of democracy. The minority often turns out to be right, and though one believes in the efficacy of the democratic process, one has also to recognize that the demand of the many for a particular project at a particular time may mean only disaster.”

People Ifs Believe May Mean Certain Turns Process Democracy Particular Demand Projects Majority Democratic Disaster Great Men Minorities Tricky Efficacy Democratic Process

Book:The Roosevelt I Knew

Source: The Roosevelt I Knew

“At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism.”

Mean Artist Perfection Ultimate Disaster Reminders Perfectionism Fussing

Book:A Painter of Our Time

Source: A Painter of Our Time

“Our country, we have faith to believe, is only at the beginning of its growth. Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably bring, commercial disaster, that means disaster to the whole country, is inevitable.”

Believe Mean Made Country States Whole Growth United United States Ready Demand Disaster Forests Our Country Inevitable Have Faith

Book:Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece

Source: Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece