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Even leaving aside government policy, whole industries are already making expensive changes around the perceived need to 'go green.' Al Gore and countless other prophets of global catastrophe are making megamillions pushing these expensive solutions. Schoolchildren around the globe are being frightened by tales of impending calamity.

~Bradley A. Smith

Topics: Al Al Gore Around Aside Being Calamity Catastrophe Changes Countless Even Expensive Frightened Global Globe Go Gore Government Green Industries Leaving Making Need Other Perceived Policy Prophets Pushing Solutions Tales Whole

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One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: Biggest Challenges Enjoyed Exists Facing Gap Globe Living Nations Standards Wealth World

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You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable.

~Brian J. Smith

Topics: Cities Everyone Globe Nine Over Place Series Supposed Takes Television Television Series Tell Will You

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I have photographed sharks in waters around the globe, and I always want more and yearn to peer deeper into their world. To feed my passion and to raise awareness, I developed a story about sharks for 'National Geographic' magazine.

~Brian Skerry

Topics: About Always Around Awareness Deeper Developed Feed Geographic Globe Magazine More National National Geographic Passion Peer Photographed Raise Sharks Story Want Waters World Yearn

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On Cape Cod, great white shark stocks have been growing, or at least becoming more concentrated, because of the multiplying numbers of seals around Monomoy Island. We are fortunate to have such abundance of these sharks in our own waters. Around the globe, we are killing in excess of 100 million sharks each year.

~Brian Skerry

Topics: Abundance Around Because Becoming Been Cape Concentrated Each Each Year Excess Fortunate Globe Great Growing Island Least Million More Numbers Our Own Shark Sharks Stocks Waters White Year

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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Appear Area Back Covered Doubt Earth Face Feature Globe Land Large Light Moon Most No Doubt Noticeable Observer Our Planets Shine Space Surface Water Would

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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Begin Consider Contribute Covered Degree Earth Fact Globe Important In Fact Light Liquid May Molecular Nearly Observed Possess Realise Significance Surface Three-Quarters Water

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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.

~Carlton Cuse

Topics: Audience Be Kind Bed Been Betrayal Black Cut Deserved Dream Ending Feel Globe Journey Kind Like Lost Our Real Resolution Right Show Six Snow Thought Up Waking Waking Up Would Years

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Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

~Carly Fiorina

Topics: Accomplishment Activity Around Clinton Flying Globe Hillary Hillary Clinton Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Know Like Miles Thousands Too Traveled Unlike Mrs

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A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.

~Carolus Linnaeus

Topics: Different Distinguish First Glance Globe He Loss Marks Plant Practical Quarters Tell Them Will

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