Derrick Jensen Quotes
We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means-all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.
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One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end, and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.
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Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'
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My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?
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I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.
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Pain can change you, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.
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We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means-all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.
