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Conservation Quotes

"I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment."

"I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

Conservation, Propaganda, Wildlife

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"If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger."

"If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Conservation, Influence, Kids, Parents

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"We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships."

"We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships."

Gale Norton, American Public Servant

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"I'm a little different from all those conservation types."

"I'm a little different from all those conservation types."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

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"Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve."

"Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Conservation, Environment, Now, Public

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"An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space."

"An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

Conservation, Environment, Loss, Change, Preservation

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"The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right."

"The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right."

David R. Brower, American Environmentalist

Conservation, Fact, Force, Right

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"Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent."

"Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

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"Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone."

"Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Conservation, Preservation, Nostalgia, Stability, Memory

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"I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides."

"I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Conservation, Bees, Environment, Concern, Nature

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