Wangari Maathai Quotes
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
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When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.
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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
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We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at our very feet that we have never seen, because we have never really looked.
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Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know?
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
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Truths are illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions, metaphors that have become worn-out and deprived of their sensuous force, coins that have lost their imprint and are now no longer seen as coins but as metal.
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All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
