"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."

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"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."

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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."

Nation, Country, Culture, Trees

"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."

Creativity, Ideas, Difference

"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."

Time, God, Doubt, Living

"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."

Development, Environment

"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."

Strength, Women, Fear, African

"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."

Death, Life, Country, Man

"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."

Peace, Conflict, Connection, Democracy

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."

Time, Women, Children, Waste

"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."

Environment,

"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."

Environment, Poor

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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Difference, Wrong

"The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand."

Brooks Adams, American Historian

Difference, Influence

"The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Difference, Influence

"When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Difference, May, Property, State

"The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility."

Bille August, Danish Director

Difference, Flexibility, Mind, Production

"We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

Difference,

"The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not."

Charles Barkley, American Athlete

Difference,

"It's not what you play but what you leave out that makes the difference."

John Barrow, American Politician

Difference, Play

"The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other."

Edmund Barton, Australian Politician

Difference, Public, School

"I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made."

David Beckham, English Athlete

Difference, World