John Muir Quotes
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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Whatever it is that my heart wants, I'll do it, which is different than I used to be. I used to tell my heart what it wanted.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we were just trying to make each other laugh.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.
