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- Nov 07, 2020
Water Quotes
From scarcity to a daily habit, in one word.
These water quotes cover real ground, including a childhood memory of growing up without hot water and a pointed observation about how unevenly water access is rationed between Israel and the West Bank. The Good collection touches on related everyday gratitude.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cash-strapped cities in nations from Argentina to Albania have begun to turn over their municipal water systems to Big Water, often under lease arrangements that can continue in force for decades.
- Clean Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rather than forcing local factories to clean up after themselves, Changzhou decided to outsource the job of managing its water supply to a French company named Veolia - one of a handful of corporate giants now scrambling to take over city water systems around the planet, especially in the often polluted and water-short developing world.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big Water makes an argument straight out of Economics 101. The best way to deliver water to people's homes efficiently, the water barons argue, is to put the process in the hands of the market. If water is scarce, then raise the price - let the law of supply and demand take over!
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are willing to cheer on politicians who denounce bureaucratic overreach and job-killing red tape in abstract terms. But they turn out to like specific regulations against toxic chemicals in their drinking water.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prediction is a mug's game, but taking the side of water polluters has not been a winning political strategy for 50 years. Presidents Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II all undertook to weaken water regulations in the name of economic growth. They left office; the regulations remained.
- Indian
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some Western states have collaborative water agreements with Indian tribes - Washington state, for instance, monitors a number of its rivers to protect spawning salmon, which are promised to native peoples under 19th-century treaties.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling. But interestingly enough, some of my best writing came when I was poor and hungry - living off water and oatmeal, mind clear.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can give away free music, you can give away free electricity, free water. Those tiny jabs at a larger infrastructure are what make revolutions.
- Nov 07, 2020
What is elegance? Soap and water!
- Democrats And Republicans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
What better way to work out than by the beach with my pup, Gucci? We power walk a bit, take in the beautiful beach air and constantly stop for some water so that all 5 pounds of him doesn't over-heated!
- Juice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't drink gases, like Coke - just juice and water, and I don't drink alcohol.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020