In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.
Luiz Inacio Lula Da SilvaRead
Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.
Interpretation
Hunger is a pervasive and destructive force that affects millions globally.
This quote emphasizes the severe impact of hunger as a global crisis, likening it to a weapon of mass destruction due to its ability to cause immense suffering and loss of life. It highlights the urgent need to address hunger as a critical issue that claims millions of victims annually, insisting that the fight against hunger should be prioritized to protect human life and dignity.
In practice
This quote can be used during a speech on global food security to highlight the urgency of addressing hunger.
In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.
If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.
Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat death can never happen, and there is no paradox.
Understanding vision and building visual systems is really understanding intelligence.
What is the difference between a 2Β°C world and a 4Β°C world? Human civilisation!
Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will face a string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare ourselves and deal with the underlying causes of global warming.
Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity.
It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.
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