William Cronon Quotes
We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home seeking to enact this wisdom as best we can in our daily lives.
Quotes to Explore
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Life in California is beautiful.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
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Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.
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I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing.
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I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen.
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I don't believe you! You're a liar! … Play it fucking loud!
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A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Fashion is instant. It makes you feel something the second you see it on a body... whether you love it or hate it, or it offends you, or it makes you laugh or cry.
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When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.
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Pop music - deriving from the word 'popular' - for me, it's just great to be a part of music that reaches a large amount of people and not just a small amount of people.
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I never really liked the idea of rap being a competitive thing. It's not.
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I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!
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My fundamental philosophy is that you owe it to society to transfer to them any knowledge you have that might be useful.
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With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.
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I think there's a lot of work to be done with our societies. My biggest passions are the environment and health. And when I say 'health' I mean the secrets behind health and our food system.
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Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.
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There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.
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We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home seeking to enact this wisdom as best we can in our daily lives.
