Wangari Maathai Quotes
It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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I have one of these bodies. When I was younger, I could never put weight on, and now that I'm a little older, there's a natural sort of chubbiness coming. But honestly, if I work out for a week, it drops off in no time.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
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If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.
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Basically, I think of fiction and non-fiction as different ways of engaging with the world. You reach a point where you feel you have said all you possibly can, in reportage or a review essay or a reflection on history, which 'From the Ruins of Empire' was.
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
