Brian Swimme Quotes
A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this means is that we must address trees as we must address all things, confronting them in the awareness that we are in the presence of numinous mystery.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.
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Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
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If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them.
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I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz.
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Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
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Prayer is simple, as simple as a child making known its wants to it parents.
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If it was a choice between making movies and doing nothing, he'd probably still wish me to make movies, So he made me keep going.
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I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out.
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Paris flared -- Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it.
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I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.
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A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this means is that we must address trees as we must address all things, confronting them in the awareness that we are in the presence of numinous mystery.
