I think there was something that made us not pay attention to climate change. Something that was up there. There was a saying when we were trying to pay attention to the environment that people used this phrase NIMBY - not in my back yard. People were saying, ‘I don’t care, it is not in my back yard.’ But now it’s in everyone’s back yard.

Robert Redford

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Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

Robert Redford

healthy cooking food

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

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danger past moving

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Robert Redford

earth-day nature thinking

We've lost our moral foundation, which allows us to go this far over. So I don't blame Trump. I just think he is what he is. We're the ones who let that happen. We should be looking at ourselves.

Robert Redford

blame moral thinking

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

Robert Redford

point-break hardship people

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

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opportunity inspirational people

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Robert Redford

weekend mind inspire

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

Robert Redford

risk

If you can do more, you should.

Robert Redford

ifs should can-do

Be careful of success; it has a dark side.

Robert Redford

be-careful dark sides

I have faith in the pendulum swinging. Right now it's so far against the wall that it can't go any farther; it's gonna start to swing back. That's my optimism. One of the cures is gonna be getting the American people to fully wake up. All the American people, particularly young people, because they're gonna inherit this earth; they're gonna inherit what we're doing.

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optimism wall people

All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going to put an artist's eye to it, you're going to put a critical eye to it. I've always been interested in the gray area that exists between the black and white, or the red and blue, and that's where complexity lies.

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eye country lying

I have no regrets, because I've done everything I could to the best of my ability.

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ability regret done

The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

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aging tough knows

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Robert Redford

film technology stories

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

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generations success world

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.

Robert Redford

storytelling important humans

If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.

Robert Redford

projects magic should

If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may crowd the headlines, but this is our fundamental challenge. Big challenges require bold action and leadership. To get the United States off fossil fuels in this uneasy national climate of terrorism and conflict in the Persian Gulf, we must treat the issue with the urgence and persistance it deserves. The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

Robert Redford

issues challenges way

You’re never going to be the same person you are right now.

Robert Redford

right-now persons