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All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.

David Attenborough

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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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David Frederick Attenborough
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Climate change will affect the whole of humanity, while terrorist attacks will only affect a small section of humanity. Of course, you wouldn't say that if you were related to someone who had been beheaded or blown up or murdered.
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London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.
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