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After spending three or four years interacting with the Bush administration, I realized they were no...
JAMES HANSEN

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
JAMES HANSEN

Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small,...
JAMES HANSEN

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of...
JAMES HANSEN

Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuate...
JAMES HANSEN

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning ...
JAMES HANSEN

On a per capita basis, Britain is responsible for more of the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere t...
JAMES HANSEN

We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount kee...
JAMES HANSEN

Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it sti...
JAMES HANSEN

If your child gets asthma, the fossil fuel industry doesn't pay. Or if there's a natural dis...
JAMES HANSEN

What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon ...
JAMES HANSEN

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warmin...
JAMES HANSEN

Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifyin...
JAMES HANSEN

Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers.
JAMES HANSEN

I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I d...
JAMES HANSEN

You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean ta...
JAMES HANSEN

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.
JAMES HANSEN

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.
JAMES HANSEN

Scientists will say we can't blame global warming for any single event. In a sense that's ri...
JAMES HANSEN

an old, hardheaded, Western redneck.
JAMES HANSEN

I've never seen such great support as you see from the folks in Texas. They really put their money w...
JAMES HANSEN

I put a little more emphasis (than the other commissioners did) on the lack of savings when it seeme...
JAMES HANSEN

I made the vote predicated on what I thought was right.
JAMES HANSEN

If there's one place that I could put my finger on and say what's the No. 1 place that if a rogue ai...
JAMES HANSEN

It's not something you can adapt to. We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've got to ...
JAMES HANSEN

I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they sa...
JAMES HANSEN

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear mor...
JAMES HANSEN

He wanted it to be a scholarly book, ... I think if I had been a commercial writer, he would not hav...
JAMES HANSEN

You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets.
JAMES HANSEN

With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 per...
JAMES HANSEN

I really think the Navy is wrong on this one.
JAMES HANSEN

The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.
JAMES HANSEN

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make ...
JAMES HANSEN

As a government employee, you can't testify against the government.
JAMES HANSEN

Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's contr...
JAMES HANSEN

I think you have a base that can be a credit to this area, more so. I guess I didn't understand the ...
JAMES HANSEN

I can see this train coming down the track,
JAMES HANSEN

What really won that (decision in favor of Groton) was Rob Simmons, ... He did a phenomenal job.
JAMES HANSEN

I'm probably the hardest head of the bunch (of nine commissioners),
JAMES HANSEN

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.
JAMES HANSEN

He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.
ALAN HANSEN

Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.
ALAN HANSEN

Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next...
ALAN HANSEN

I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.
ALAN HANSEN

If the sheriff is cutting the program on drug testing, why are we approving a contract to show video...
ALAN HANSEN

I think Chelsea is better placed than any team in the history of the game,
ALAN HANSEN

Scottish football has been in the doldrums for a long time and it has been a timely boost Walter com...
ALAN HANSEN

Links, I just can't talk about it right now.
ALAN HANSEN

It's 14 years since I left the club and that first-half performance was the worst I've seen since. I...
ALAN HANSEN

I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.
ALAN HANSEN

The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not i...
RICK HANSEN

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN

You create your opportunities by asking for them.
PATTY HANSEN

I think I've explored hip-hop for a while, and felt like I wanted to get into where that music was c...
BECK HANSEN

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true ge...
BECK HANSEN

I think you just end up following into the things that you're familiar with -- that you're comfortab...
BECK HANSEN

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls com...
BECK HANSEN

But three cheers for Alaska, they've got 24-hour hot fucking bear delivery.
Note to self: Nuke...
MYKLE HANSEN

We provide the things people want and need from a library. We strive to provide quality customer ser...
BETH HANSEN

The Le Mars Public library is a regional resource.
BETH HANSEN

We wanted to help the school districts enrich their curriculum. We added the guitar orchestra last S...
BETH HANSEN

Our goal is to continue to provide top notch services to the public.
BETH HANSEN

These people are using us as their primary connection to the Internet. Whether they are looking for ...
BETH HANSEN

Our team is finally getting back to full strength and when we have it going, we're a tough team to b...
ANDY HANSEN

I know I struggled with it during my high school/adolescent stage. It was an addiction that I fought...
ANDY HANSEN

These trucks are saving lives. There's no doubt about it.
ANDY HANSEN

No one walked away from that.
ANDY HANSEN

I shot a 3-under today, I didn't play that great, but I kept things together. I thought it was prett...
ANDERS HANSEN

I'm proud of what I did today. I played my own game, I played within myself and worked really hard o...
ANDERS HANSEN

He's probably going to say he didn't have his 'A' game, but he still got around in 67 and just showe...
ANDERS HANSEN

I was grinning and laughing on 14 and my caddie asked me why, and I wouldn't tell him. I just felt I...
ANDERS HANSEN

He's got his own gallery out there and people are shouting him on, but you've just got to deal with ...
ANDERS HANSEN

This was an absolutely phenomenal season. We've done something for this program that hasn't been don...
BAILEY HANSEN

I hope they don't take us lightly.
BAILEY HANSEN

Being able to come here and play them in the sectional finals, it's going to be a big game. They hav...
BAILEY HANSEN

We came out with the fire we have and played better.
BAILEY HANSEN

We couldn't let them get any bigger of a lead. We were all a little nervous at the beginning ... but...
BAILEY HANSEN

It was a clean look. It was an open look. It wasn't my favorite spot to shoot a three, but I was ope...
BAILEY HANSEN

We're a quick team and we can move the ball, drive the lane, hit our shots. We just needed to calm d...
BAILEY HANSEN

It was awesome having her, especially because she's a true point guard. She (Taylor) can drive, she ...
BAILEY HANSEN

They (Batavia) cut it to two in the second quarter and it got a little nerve racking, but we got our...
BAILEY HANSEN

It was so nerve-racking. But we have worked too hard in the season to just give it up then and we .....
BAILEY HANSEN

This is information we all need to be aware of.
ASHLEY HANSEN

We are grateful for any and all of the vendors that come.
ASHLEY HANSEN

We like to offer students the opportunity to gather this information.
ASHLEY HANSEN

We will have this. I'm just glad to work to reach the health needs of the students.
ASHLEY HANSEN

We feel so good, so good. We're not satisfied with this though, not at all.
AMANDA HANSEN

Our main focus is to get past that first round.
AMANDA HANSEN

We have the talent to go as far as we want.
AMANDA HANSEN

I love it. (Basketball is) all I ever do. My dad jokes that it's my one true love.
AMANDA HANSEN

Being spontaneous at times is a must. Being spontaneous all the time is a crazy person.
RYAN HANSEN

Society puts them in a high place, and they begin to believe it,
BRIAN HANSEN

Those guys are always in the spotlight wherever they go, ... People are always critical of their beh...
BRIAN HANSEN

A lot of times, when guys have time on their hands, they sometimes find a little trouble,
BRIAN HANSEN

we live in a sports crazed world and kids are focused on being all-state and all-pro and playing pro...
BRIAN HANSEN

I love the support from the crowd. I just felt driven when every time I came out of the water the cr...
BRENDAN HANSEN

Following last night's race I think this was a classic case of seeing what you did wrong and fixing ...
BRENDAN HANSEN

I walked away from 2004 knowing I didn't swim my own race. This time, I didn't look around and panic...
BRENDAN HANSEN

The last 50 wasn't there like I was hoping it would be, ... I'll take the win.
BRENDAN HANSEN

It was nice to be swimming next to (Canadas) Mike Brown, because I knew the crowd was screaming for ...
BRENDAN HANSEN

I will be close to my record tomorrow night,
BRENDAN HANSEN

As far as getting up for the meet and getting excited, Mutual of Omaha did a great job of setting up...
BRENDAN HANSEN

I think if [the score] was closer, you would have seen faster times, ... Our men's team is so strong...
BRENDAN HANSEN

Tonight we had a team meeting and said, 'This is going to be a red-line meet,'
BRENDAN HANSEN

They look really good. We really want to play them to see where we're at.
BOB HANSEN

But I don't remember getting $200.
BOB HANSEN

It's amazing, but I really don't remember much of anything about it. Maybe that's because it was so ...
BOB HANSEN

Matt was really in control. He played beautifully.
BOB HANSEN

We were misled. It made us a little smarter for the next time.
BOB HANSEN

I was fast-forwarding through the naked stuff to get to the boat. It was an interesting story. I tho...
BOB HANSEN

They told us the story, we took them at face value, and they lied. What are you going to do? It happ...
BOB HANSEN

It would take a 5.3 percent increase to reach this year's average so to reach next year's average it...
BOB HANSEN

Quite honestly, if you look at the movie, unless you physically know this boat intimately, you would...
BOB HANSEN

We came out really flat in doubles. I was not happy with the way we played against Santa Clara.
BOB HANSEN

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.
ALAN HANSEN

War will cease when men refuse to fight.
FRIDTJOF HANSEN

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
GRACE HANSEN

So we have more than enough to keep the E ring from disappearing.
CANDICE HANSEN

We will get stereo images within a month.
CANDICE HANSEN

It's going to be the most exotic place we've ever seen. We've never landed on the surface of an icy ...
CANDICE HANSEN

We are already learning new things about the Saturn system. We will fly by Phoebe on June 11th and t...
CANDICE HANSEN

Those are the kinds of things that we have theories about, but we really don't have data.
CANDICE HANSEN

[Finding living organisms, however, is a remote possibility.] It is not out of the question, but it ...
CANDICE HANSEN

It's difficult this time of year to get kids in anywhere.
CAROL HANSEN

You just take it (the responsibilities) on and try to do the best for your district.
CAROL HANSEN

I voted for her because of her enthusiasm and [because] I know her from before, ... She has lots of ...
CAROL HANSEN

[Photographic Design's owners, Carol Hansen and Brad Jaeck, had been involved with Downtown Racine C...
CAROL HANSEN

When I spoke to him he wasn't respectful. He just chewed on a straw when I asked him to take it out ...
CAROL HANSEN

I can't devote or focus on one issue for very long because there's always something else. That's the...
CAROL HANSEN

The only thing that kept me in school, ... was the art classes. I couldn't get art class anywhere el...
CAROL HANSEN

I open up a big cabinet, and I have a collection of helmits. I put on the different helmets, and I t...
BECK HANSEN

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll al...
BECK HANSEN

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
GRACE HANSEN

It takes place in an Oz that's familiar to everyone. But it's about how you treat people you think a...
DAVID HANSEN

For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat-which is a great deal more than he's had on it.
GRACE HANSEN

I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.
GRACE HANSEN

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN

Run for the door if a guy has too much gel in his hair and is too tan and it's not even summer.
RYAN HANSEN

The order clearly protects both the plaintiffs and the non- plaintiffs and provides full protection ...
CHRIS HANSEN

Girls don't poop, so don't claim you do. You can fart - because farting is funny - but we do...
RYAN HANSEN

They made it clear the governor feels bound by Proposition 22. We presented some issues to them and ...
STEVE HANSEN

We got behind in counts and they teed-off on us. It's nothing new to the kids. We have to get ahead ...
CORY HANSEN

It's exhilarating to get to the next round.
SASCHA HANSEN

I think there seems to be an understanding if Montana is going to have any say at any time on how th...
ALEC HANSEN

Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season ...
ALAN HANSEN

I do think that North Carolina citizens shouldn't feel that there is any sort of guarantee that what...
ALICIA HANSEN

Alaska was not included (in the last documentary). It's going to be a very, very interesting and inf...
STEVE HANSEN

Our nemesis all year has been our rebounding.
RYAN HANSEN

We didn't panic. We got some clutch rebounds and then we made some free throws in the end.
TODD HANSEN

New Perennials for American Gardens.
CHRIS HANSEN

Absolutely untrue. It's just a damned lie.
JIM HANSEN

They played very well. They had an answer for everything we did.
SASCHA HANSEN

It's close to even. It's unfortunate I got hurt, but that's the way it goes. I came back in and trie...
SASCHA HANSEN

Last year was definitely in the back of our minds. We had to finish it out this time.
SASCHA HANSEN

It's kind of shocking that we came in and knocked them off. But we buckled down on defense and execu...
SASCHA HANSEN

We need to continue to try and get better every game. From here on out every game is important for u...
SASCHA HANSEN

It was a good win for us. It's good to bounce back and get some confidence. It's tough to get a win ...
SASCHA HANSEN

Winning 20 games was one of our goals before the season started.
SASCHA HANSEN

It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a bo...
JOSEPH HANSEN

Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.
ALAN HANSEN

It's physically impossible to shoot them all. If one animal hears something, they sound the alarm an...
JANET HANSEN

Just because he likes the same bizzaro crap as you doesn't mean he's your soul mate.
RACHEL HANSEN

Concerning PDA: Anything that can be described as 'cute' is okay. Anything that can be descr...
RYAN HANSEN

Then kids wouldn't eat them anymore. We can't let the cat out of the bag (that they're healthy).
ANGELA HANSEN

We felt this provided an opportunity to make a statement that Bismarck is beautiful city. The landsc...
ANGELA HANSEN

The first thing that was considered in the design were the soils, moisture content and the wind, so ...
ANGELA HANSEN

Jordan improved his passing skills a lot this year. He was always kicking the ball out to the open m...
CK HANSEN

I think she works so hard at being a coach and puts forth so much effort. Most of all she has a lot ...
BAILEY HANSEN

If he wants money, I'll give it. He must just bring her back alive.
AUGUSTA HANSEN

He ordered us to lie on the floor and then roll under our beds. And then he took my child.
AUGUSTA HANSEN

I think one of the big keys in the second half was that we never could get over the hump and get the...
TODD HANSEN

I think it is way too soon. They need to investigate everything and put in more strict guidelines. Y...
SCOTT HANSEN

They nest in Alaska and Siberia, then come back through places like Malta and the Nelson Reservoir a...
JIM HANSEN

We've ran for our lives countless times because trucks and cars have slid sideways on icy roads at a...
TOM HANSEN

We're not mathematically out of it.
DAVE HANSEN

The system used has been repeatedly upheld by the courts as constitutional and has been the subject ...
MARK HANSEN

The whole economic formula for the mine project has to meet certain requirements in terms of its ret...
KIMBALL HANSEN

We needed the last bounce to get the puck in, and we couldn't seem to get it. It seemed like today t...
JANNIK HANSEN

Of course it's sad, but it gave us the feeling that the ref was after us, and we started concentrati...
JANNIK HANSEN

He's a proven quantity here. - He has a tremendous mastery of his off-speed stuff and he can really ...
GEORGE HANSEN

It's exciting to come in at this time of year and just be a part of (the pennant race). Basically, I...
CRAIG HANSEN

I'd be glad to do what we can to get a marker out there. We don't like unmarked graves, either.
MARK HANSEN

I think marriage is a civil contract. I don't know what they're raving about. We should all have the...
JOSEPH HANSEN

It's a big issue. It affects both California and Oregon, and we're looking at a total ocean closure ...
DON HANSEN

There's clearly an acknowledgment at the management level that there's a pending crisis.
ERIC HANSEN

Max really liked Virginia because they were the first to recruit him, the first to offer him [a scho...
DON HANSEN

The Pac-10 presidents are very strongly and unanimously opposed to any extension of the bowl season ...
TOM HANSEN

The announcers were portraying the game as called hideously. If they were accurate, that's not what ...
TOM HANSEN

We're the only Division I-A conference that hasn't changed since Penn State was added to the Big Ten...
TOM HANSEN

When we sell television properties, ... we're already claiming all of California.
TOM HANSEN

I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the call...
TOM HANSEN

The idea is to try to get relationships developed because it's my thought that when an athletic dire...
TOM HANSEN

Now we just have to get lucky for a year or two.
TOM HANSEN

The plume is half the size of the moon. It's huge. Water is being spewed out of this moon. It solves...
CANDY HANSEN

Research showed not many people connected charitable work with the Catholic Social Service name. (Th...
LINDSEY HANSEN

I thought I was running slower. I don't know what happened. I guess I was running faster.
DAVID HANSEN

When the parade began, Lloyd came out of the bookstore and was standing on the sidewalk. And when he...
JOSEPH HANSEN

All this may seem trivial, but football is what we do, and that's what our jobs are.
DAVID HANSEN

The emphasis of the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards is on spectacular live performance.
BRENT HANSEN

Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

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Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

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