Douglas Tompkins Quotes
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The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.
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Fall is my favorite my time of the year. I love it. I'll try and make it back to Vancouver a bunch. I love going back home for that. Everything turns orange. You start to get out of summer, start making your way into the winter, everyone is wearing jackets. Vancouver lights up in the fall, so I definitely go back there for a bit.
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It is the common failing of an ambitious mind to over-rate itself.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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The thing with prosthetic feet is you can't have all this crazy motion, or you'd be all over the place - because it's mechanical, and it's outside your body.
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I'm short on celebrations and long on getting to work.
