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I Sometimes Wonder If Two Thirds Of The Globe Is Covered In Red Carpet.

If You Think About The Impact Of Climate Change, [it Should Be How] A Doctor Would Deal With The Problem. A Scientific Hypothesis Is Tested To Absolute Destruction, But Medicine Can't Wait. If A Doctor Sees A Child With A Fever, He Can't Wait For [endless] Tests. He Has To Act On What Is There. The Risk Of Delay Is So Enormous That We Can't Wait Until We Are Absolutely Sure The Patient Is Dying.

I Think We Need To Recover The Depth, The Subtlety, The Generosity Of Imagination, The Respect For Wisdom That So Marked Islam In Its Great Ages.

Forests Are The World's Air-conditioning System-the Lungs Of The Planet-and We Are On The Verge Of Switching It Off.

. . . A Jostling Scrum Of Office Buildings So Mediocre That The Only Way You Ever Remember Them Is By The Frustration They Induce - Like A Basketball Team Standing Shoulder To Shoulder Between You And The Mona Lisa.