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Increasingly, over the past ten years, I've come to take the view that a cultural perspective is intrinsic to the future of language teaching and learning, especially in the case of English, as it becomes increasingly global.

~David Crystal

Topics: Becomes Case Come Cultural English Future Global Increasingly Intrinsic Language Learning Over Past Perspective Take Teaching Ten Ten Years View Years

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English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.

~David Crystal

Topics: Because Does English Global History Language Languages Larger Other Primary Reach Science Than Vocabulary

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There are few forces for good as extensive and important as the United Nations. Being able to work with them and other global aid organisations for World Humanitarian Day is a humbling and extraordinary opportunity.

~David Droga

Topics: Able Aid Being Day Extensive Extraordinary Few Forces Global Good Humanitarian Humbling Important Nations Opportunity Organisations Other Them United United Nations Work World

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We have to learn to become a new kind of entity on this world that has the maturity and the awareness to handle being a global species with the power to change our planet and use that power in a way that is conducive to the kind of global society we want to have.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Awareness Become Being Change Conducive Entity Global Handle Kind Learn Maturity New New Kind Our Our Planet Planet Power Society Species Use Want Way World

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We definitely don't want to go through another Ice Age or another natural cycle of global warming. Both happen over a long period of time. It would be disastrous for our civilization, and not just for us but many other species.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Age Another Both Civilization Cycle Definitely Disastrous Global Global Warming Go Happen Ice Just Long Long Period Many Natural Other Our Over Period Species Through Time Us Want Warming Would

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Responsible global behaviour is ultimately an act of self-preservation of, by, and for the global beast that modern technological humanity has become.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Act Beast Become Behaviour Global Humanity Modern Responsible Self-Preservation Technological Ultimately

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Why should we consider defining intelligence as something global and as something that hasn't actually yet appeared on Earth? It may be useful for envisioning the future of our own civilization and any others that may be out there among the stars. It might give us something to strive for.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Actually Among Any Appeared Civilization Consider Defining Earth Future Give Global Intelligence May Might Others Our Out Own Should Something Stars Strive Us Useful Why

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When I first went to college, I went into physics, and my goal was to help perfect nuclear fusion so I could solve the energy crisis and global warming. I probably would have done it, too, if I'd stuck to it.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: College Could Crisis Done Energy First Fusion Global Global Warming Goal Help Nuclear Perfect Physics Solve Stuck Too Warming Would

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Fixing global warming is more important than astronomy.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Astronomy Fixing Global Global Warming Important More Than Warming

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Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.

~David Hackworth

Topics: Comprehensive Develop Eliminate Enemy Fortunately Global Late Our Real Still Strategy Too Too Late

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