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Biotechnology is a worry. What if they take genetic material from wet noodles and blowfish and splice it into politician chromosomes and create a Clinton administration?
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
The typical old-fashioned diet was so bad it almost resembled modern dieting.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Human problems are complex. If something isn't complex it doesn't qualify as problematic. Very simple bad things are not worth troubling ourselves about.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
I suspect the Haitian Ministry of Health's principal contribution to health in Haiti is providing nice, healthy jobs to those Haitians with the connection to get them.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Man has been breeding livestock for ten thousand years and has yet to come up with a monstrous sheep that can trample buildings and graze a whole golf course for breakfast.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Are we disheartened by the breakup of the family? Nobody who ever met my family is.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
If the politics of disease are to be understood, particularly in the dreadful countries where this understanding is most needed, then the politics of total collapse have to be understood first.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Two key rules of Third World travel: 1. Never run out of whiskey. 2. Never run out of whiskey.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say "I've got cancer" and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
War is a great asshole magnet.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Bureaucrats want bigger bureaus. Special interests are interested in whatever's special to them. These two groups bring great pressure to bear upon politicians who have another agenda yet: to cater to the temporary whims and fads of the public and the press.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
On Friday, June 12, 1992, 110 heads of state gathered at Riocentro. They were indistinguishable in dress and deportment. Where was biodiversity when we needed it?
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
"Malthus,", says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, "was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically." Al, as the father of four children, should know.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe and half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe so they can throw you in jail.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)