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"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
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"About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it."

"The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language."

"There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe."

"The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better."

"There is more difference within the sexes than between them."

"Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

"You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds."

"If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US."

"The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference."

"I know the difference between black magic and white magic."
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"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."


"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."


"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."


"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."


"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."


"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."


"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."


"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."


"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
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