A Quote by Elizabeth Kolbert

It is estimated that one-third of all reef-building corals, a third of all fresh-water mollusks, a third of sharks and rays, a quarter of all mammals, a fifth of all reptiles, and a sixth of all birds are headed toward oblivion. The losses are occurring all over: in the South Pacific and in the North Atlantic, in the Arctic and the Sahel, in lakes and on islands, on mountaintops and in valleys.

Elizabeth Kolbert

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Arctic Atlantic Birds Building Fifth Fresh Headed Islands Lakes Losses Mammals Mollusks North Oblivion One-Third Over Pacific Quarter Rays Reptiles Sharks Sixth South Third Toward Valleys Water

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Elizabeth Kolbert
American - Journalist
Born: 1961

Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad - whatever combo sounds good.

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Carol Ross Barney

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Ray Romano

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Wole Soyinka

Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between.

James Toback

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Ayrton Senna

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Woody Guthrie

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I'm a Benedictine Nun in outlook; I divide my time evenly so one third is spent in academe, another third on writing and the final third on television and radio.

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Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

George Allen

The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

John the Apostle

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

Angelina Jolie

I'm just giving you some spiel, the ludicrous plot of a novel, a story I invented to touch your heart—one-third bullshit, one-third booze, and one-third genuine tenderness, you know the kind of thing.

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To be honest, in 2012, I was against both candidates, and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they'd have to take third parties seriously.

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