Gaylord Nelson Quotes
The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I would love to be a role model.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
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The ability to identify someone at a moment's notice by snapping a photo of him or her, to trigger an immediate influx of data about the person behind the face, will forever change the world.
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Washington Week, August 18, 2006
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Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
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... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not found its century and admirers.
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The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.
