If we decide to keep on the track we're on now and just keep on warming, because of greenhouse gas pollution, then we could easily cook those ice sheets more rapidly.
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ROBERT BURNS If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest ... BERNIE SANDERS I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER It makes it hard, because we know we can win the games. We just have to keep our heads up and keep o... DERON WASHINGTON We just continually tried to keep fresh legs on her. They were screening for her all over the place.... RACHEL FARWELL The State of the Student Address was postponed because [Garay] was on the loose and we were advised ... ALEX PRADO We don't keep track of final sales, we just anticipate them. KATHY GRANNIS We wanted to know if we were on the right track. It helped us emphasize some things more than others... TOM GRIFFITH Every time we were on the ice we had great chances. We could feel the emotion on the bench building ... ALEXANDRE GIROUX Yeah, it hurt to lose those two playoff games lasts year. But this is another year. We're a better t... AMIR JOHNSON I wish we could just keep on playing. I was definitely pleased with my finish. ASHLEY KNOLL It was tense. For a while, there were a lot of phone calls and rearranging stuff. We did everything ... MAKEDA KEFALE Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. ... FABRIZIO DE ANDRé It's a building block we can learn from and then move on. We need to keep trying to get better and k... EARL CALLOWAY This goal sets America on a path to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and, as the science ... PAULA DOBRIANSKY It´s important that students don´t keep paying the price for this ... BRUCE WALKER I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW I told you to keep him safe, not cuddle." Alucard spread his hands behind him on the sheets. "I... V.E. SCHWAB Offensively, we will have four or five good plays, and then we will have an illegal procedure or an ... HOUSTON NUTT That's one of the things we talked about. We made an emphasis on that--not to quit and keep on scori... AL MCCULLOCK We didn't score on those chances, but I think we just have to keep getting the puck to the net and i... MIKE LALONDE The intensity definitely stemmed from last week. This week, we were determined to come out and play ... JOSH WRIGHT If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes long... ALBERTO JUANTORENA We must just KBO ('Keep Buggering On'). WINSTON CHURCHILL We've got five still alive. If we can keep on winning, especially on the front side of the bracket, ... BRIAN SMITH If that much near-surface permafrost thaws, it could release considerable amounts of greenhouse gase... DAVID LAWRENCE President Obama could keep a big map with push pins on it to keep track of how many countries hate u... PAULA POUNDSTONE I prefer not to keep track of the hours we spend working on something. It's more satisfying to look ... LISSA JUEDEMANN We were back on defense 75 percent of the game at least. You can't win if you don't have the ball. W... KYLE HENCY I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the... MATT ANDERSON We just have to stay on track because we're almost there. FRANZ PUMAREN My brain as the engine, with thoughts trailing to the caboose, on a one-track mind we keep going for... ANTHONY LICCIONE Develop an affirmation today, and start getting instant confirmation in all works of like. RICHMOND AKHIGBE Don't just create a change for yourself, be a centre of change to others. RICHMOND AKHIGBE Remember you are the perfect reflector of your mind. RICHMOND AKHIGBE It's one of those things where you keep playing with it and keep going to work on it. You just go ou... BRIAN BUTCH We could not reach agreement mainly on gas pricing and there will be no further negotiations on this... MAHMUDUR RAHMAN That's something for you guys to keep track of, not me. If you didn't tell me that, I wouldn't even ... ROBIN PETRINI I keep on hoping,
I keep on loving,
I keep on living
I just keep my myself busy of it... BRADLEY B. DALINA Today we're dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorr... AL GORE Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse... MALCOLM TURNBULL We always want to hold on tight to those we love; but if we intend to keep those we love, we must le... IMANIA MARGRIA I taught world history. I understand there was an Ice Age... seasons come and seasons go. I do not b... JOHN SHIMKUS We just wanted to keep the momentum of this season going. A win and we keep moving forward. If we lo... MARQUES ALSTON I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are i... VILLE VALO So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing job... JAY INSLEE If we want to keep the lights on, we need to build plants. DAVID KYTO If your objective is to keep speeds down, I would suggest we eliminate the ban on radar detectors. D... JOE MAY But at the same time, global warming is such an overwhelming problem that we need to keep nuclear po... CHARLIE MILLER If he could sleep on it. He would make his bed with white sheets And disappear into the white, Like ... DONALD JUSTICE If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. The... STEPHEN KING The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, la... LOIS LOWRY That should keep them going for a while on the Ice. KEVIN ASHTON
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