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What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.

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Paul Hawken
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 8
Environmentalist
Journalist
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San Mateo
California
Paul Gerard Hawken
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When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse.
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The bottom line is down where it belongs – at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of events that produce the profit or loss.
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We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms — from landfills, to Superfund cleanups, to deep-well injection, to storage of nuclear waste. In the process, we encourage an economy where 80 percent of what we consume gets thrown away after one use.
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In short, industrialism is over.
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Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.
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Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.
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