Rachel Carson Quotes
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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These women were taking over these former manufacturing warehouses in SoHo and figuring out a way to be fashionable and viable without money. It's hard to imagine a life like that in Manhattan now - there's something romantic about it.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.
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I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
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Nobody gets any fun out of baseball any more. I guess a kid's crazy not to be serious about it when he's drawing down $20,000 or $30,000 a year, and any smart-aleck gag you try may be your last. But what's life without a laugh?
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I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.
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Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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To see you naked is to recall the Earth.
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A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
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Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me.
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I urge you all today, especially today in these times of terrorism and chaos to love yourselves without reservation and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather; then by all means, use restraints.
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Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.
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The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.
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The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. New York made a powerful statement [legalizing marriage equality], not just for the people of New York, but for people all across this nation.
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Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.
