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Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.
David R. Brower
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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
Truth
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Earth
Defense
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Passion
Needs
Beauty
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Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.
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Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
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We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.
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I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.
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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
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I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible
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