Peter Garrett Quotes

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• Life is very short; be willing to serve.

  Peter Garrett

  Life Is, Willing

  Our Community interview, www.ourcommunity.com.au. September 2003.

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• I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.

  Peter Garrett

  Beauty, Country, Passion

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• You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

  Peter Garrett

  Want, Explaining

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.

  Peter Garrett

  Promise, Telling The Truth, Politician

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.

  Peter Garrett

  Environment, Planets, Wells

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• The core strands of my involvement in public life are a belief in the need to strive wherever possible for equality of treatment and opportunity, to ensure all people have the means to a decent livelihood.

  Peter Garrett

  Motivation, Mean, Opportunity

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• Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

  Peter Garrett

  Wisdom, Hard Work, People

  Our Community Interview, www.ourcommunity.com.au. September 2003.

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• But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.

  Peter Garrett

  Impact, Long, Effort

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• I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.

  Peter Garrett

  Song, Significant

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is job growth in renewables, there is job growth in energy efficiency and there is job growth in developing innovative industries and technologies to successfully meet the challenge of climate change.

  Peter Garrett

  Jobs, Technology, Challenges

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• At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.

  Peter Garrett

  Everyday, Levels, Fortunate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.

  Peter Garrett

  World, Environment, Natural

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

  Peter Garrett

  Weather, Australia, Climate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows.

  Peter Garrett

  Stars, People, Patterns

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.

  Peter Garrett

  Cutting, Climate, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

  Peter Garrett

  Loss, Space, Generations

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• The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.

  Peter Garrett

  Australia, Challenges, Climate

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• The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.

  Peter Garrett

  Faith, Struggle, Inspiration

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• The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.

  Peter Garrett

  Play, People, Generations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Humans remain entirely atmosphere dependent, so there is no choice but to respond to extreme climatic behaviour and its many effects.

  Peter Garrett

  Choices, Atmosphere, Behaviour

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• Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.

  Peter Garrett

  Country, Uranium Mining, Environment

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• I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.

  Peter Garrett

  Issues, Chosen, Havens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

  Peter Garrett

  People, Political, Arena

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

  Peter Garrett

  Issues, Choices, Parent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.

  Peter Garrett

  Real, Play, Lines

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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