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Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Atrocious Congo Countries Democratic Democratic Republic Human Human Rights Lanka Many Occurred Persecution Records Republic Rights Sri Lanka

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Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do in the present. By using experience, knowledge and insight, our ancestors recognized they could anticipate dangers and opportunities and take steps to exploit advantages and avoid hazards.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Advantages Ancestors Anticipate Avoid Brain Could Dangers Distinguished Enables Experience Exploit Future Hazards Humans Imagine Influence Insight Knowledge Massive Opportunities Other Our Present Recognized Species Steps Take Us Using

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Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Ability Altering Amplified Biological Chemical Decades Economy Experts Geological Global Global Economy Human Look Numbers Our Properties Scientists Technology Us Warned Ahead

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Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.

~David Suzuki

Topics: About Being Doom Environmentalist Gloom

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If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Always Being Children Choice Course End Future Hope In The End Must No Choice Off Pessimistic Protect Realistic Tail Think Try Very Work You Your I Think

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The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Affect Animal Because Exist Exists Future Happened Idea In The Past Invented Memory Now Only Our Past Realized The Only Thing Thing Today

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What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Basic Biological Capital Children Doing Grandchildren Interest Legacy Living Our Rather Should Than Up Using

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My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Buying Camping Childhood Earliest Father First Fishing Go Memory Our Remember Store Tent Trip Vividly Were I Remember

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Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Am Defining Drives Event Harbor Life My Life Pearl Pearl Harbor Shaped Stem Think Who I Think I Am

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Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Environmentalism Our Place Seeing Way Within

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: March 24th, 1936

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