Derrick Jensen Quotes
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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I feel I am very fortunate to have a job that I really like.
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There are times when fixing things quickly is the only option: when you have to channel MacGyver, reach for the duct tape, and cobble together whatever solution works right now. If someone is choking on a morsel of food, you don't sit back, stroke your chin and take the Aristotelian long view. You quickly administer the Heimlich maneuvre.
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I have a toy poodle, Shadow. She's a little whippersnapper! And I love little monkeys.
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The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
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I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes.
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
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I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.
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There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
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To compare Tensegrity with yoga or t'ai chi is not possible. It has a different origin and a different purpose. The origin is shamanic, the purpose is shamanic.
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Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.
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When I have time, I'll be a good girl and do my chores.
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I lost my eyesIn east wind skiesHere's where I've criedWhere I've triedWhere God and the Tendaberry riseWhere Quakers and revolutionariesJoin for life
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We had 45 lakh cases pending from 2003–2004, to which 65 lakh new cases were added, making it more than one crore pending cases. After our initiatives, there are only 20 lakh pending court cases. Now my target is that by 2010, when Gujarat will complete 50 years, we will make it no-pendency. Cases will be disposed of in the very year they are filed.
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When a book comes from the publisher and you see it for the first time... Of course it's not remotely like seeing a baby for the first time, but I can remember with each book what room I was in when I opened it. That would be excitement, though, I think. Not pride.
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I was a reluctant convert, and I am by no means a zealot. But the evidence is compelling: to write off wind-power is either ill-informed or dishonest.
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I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be friendly and say 'please' and 'thank you.' I try and remember it and use it.
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I guess I'm still sort of feisty and a little bit of a tomboy.
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Now is the time to throw off the yoke, to force renegotiation of oppressive foreign debts, and to force the imperialists to abandon their bases of aggression.
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Love does not imply pacifism.
