John Muir Quotes
The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains - mountain-dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature's workshops.
Quotes to Explore
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
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I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.
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As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.
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The learner is the key entity and occupies the nucleus of the systems complex of education.
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I don't allow chivalry to die, on my part, but as far as guys taking care of their woman, and, making sure that it's not all about self, it's about giving, and how a lot of guys don't groom themselves, how a lot of guys don't take care of themselves.
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When I first read the script to 'Black Hawk Down,' I didn't think it was the greatest thing in the world - far from it. But I thought the script at least raised some very important questions that are missing from the final product.
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The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able men whose thoughts and deeds have moved the world, have come down from the mountains - mountain-dwellers who have grown strong there with the forest trees in Nature's workshops.
