- Forefathers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Green Quotes
On backstage nostalgia, golf greens, and green ambitions.
These quotes use 'green' in unexpected ways—a nostalgic backstage green room, a golf green sized up from the rough, and a Midwestern upbringing near Green Bay recalled fondly. See our nature quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020
How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
A change in the system will be possible only through the transition of power to supporters of green politics.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, my mum used to dress me in, like, lime green leggings with a matching neon jumper and hair scrunch, so I'd say I've definitely progressed since then in terms of style.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt New York was a big, more stylish, more metropolitan Golders Green. I was thrilled.
- Green Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Light is a metaphoric thing. There is green light and red light. Then there is black light, which is mostly danger.
- Flowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it's spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted green in my hair, so I did green. And I got my sunflowers to match. I've never done it before. Just said, 'OK, I'm doing my hair green.'
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like it when I'm chirpy and happy, so I decided to do my hair green. I got my sunflowers too - I was like a living, walking garden.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Programs that reduce energy and water use and increase green agriculture and transport have huge job-creating potential.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the exception of autotrophic bacteria, the green, or chlorophyll-bearing, plants are the only living forms on this planet capable of synthesizing organic matter out of inorganic elements and simple compounds.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our conviction that green cheese makes up a negligible fraction of the Moon's interior comes not from direct observation but from the gross incompatibility of that idea with other things we think we know.
- Nov 07, 2020
My passport's green.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020