Yvon Chouinard Quotes
You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.
Quotes to Explore
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Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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We didn't grow up rich people.
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We talk about cancer as a noun, as if it's a one time event: 'I've got cancer.'
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You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.
