Bill Mollison Quotes
Permaculture is something with a million heads. It's a way of thinking which is already loose, and you can't put a way of thinking back in the box.
Quotes to Explore
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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Even though I wrote 'The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family,' my life is as chaotic as most people's.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
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Spirituality isn't a luxury. It's a must.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
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I'm not always 'Dominick Cruz, Tough Guy.' Depression runs in my bloodline.
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I like to read dramatic novels and I absolutely love magazines.
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The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.
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We're used to shooting our own stuff on our cellphones. We're used to capturing everything.
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I write a lot of my music, but not all of it. I have always subscribed to the 'best song wins' theory when making an album.
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Modelling is completely different from acting. They are two skills that you can't compare.
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No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!
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There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope.
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I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.
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I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.
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There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only a commodity. Or there's some kind of critical consensus that some things are "good," and some things are garbage, throwaway culture. And I think the difference between them, in a lot of ways, is actually much less than people think. Especially when you get down to how they affect the audience.
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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
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Permaculture is something with a million heads. It's a way of thinking which is already loose, and you can't put a way of thinking back in the box.
