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Maurice Strong

"Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities."

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"Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities."

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"Progress means advancement in the path of upliftment " in the path of enlightenment " in the path of humanitarian glory."

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"Never become a slave to tradition, learn to foresee new things."

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"Change is a quintessential element of progress. Without change, progress is non-existent."

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"Failure is only a step towards success."

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"Even a great philosophical idea when mixed with mysticism, turns into a dangerous weapon that becomes an impediment in the path of progress of developing communities."

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"If your country is governed by the most stupid people, it is vital for you to continue going up personally while your nation and your country is going down because your country will inevitably collapse and it will be in need of people like you, people who managed to improve themselves while everything else was falling and deteriorating!"

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"They say to never look back.But sometimes I do. It's gratifying to see how far I've come."

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"It might be like you are still far from getting there, but remember, you are closer to it than you were yesterday. Every tiny step you take counts a lot!"

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"You are moving forward one way or another."

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"The rising sun managed to peek around the vast column of smoke that forever rose from Ankh-Morpork, City of Cities, illustrating almost up to the edge of space that smoke means progress or, at least, people setting fire to things."

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"We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits."
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"Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development."
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"We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance."
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"If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset."
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"Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs."
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"A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns."
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"Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement."
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"We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse."
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"After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital."
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"Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment."
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