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"Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation."

Bjorn Lomborg on Education

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  • "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

    Nelson Mandela on Education

  • "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

    Albert Einstein on Education

  • "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    Aristotle on Education

  • "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

    Maya Angelou on Education

  • "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

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More quotes by Bjorn Lomborg

  • "I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem."

  • "We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century."

  • "The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line."

  • "In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing."

  • "Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation."

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