David W. Orr Quotes
A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
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I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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I don't do anything in a vindictive manner. Look at my 14-year track record in Gujarat. People don't vote me to power to take revenge.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.
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We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.
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Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.
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Generally, there are three rules when it comes to borrowing money: You need to have good credit, proof of income and cash for a down payment. Most people have the first two, but it's the third that trips them up. And nowhere does that come into play more than the mortgage market.
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I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.
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If some actress thinks she is sexy and she can dance, it's her choice. I do what I want to do, and I set my own benchmark. I will never compare myself with anyone.
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I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.
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A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.
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I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.
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I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.
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I've been told to go back to my country so many times, I can't even count.
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My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she's the one who will basically do all the publicity for me back home... She'll constantly be talking to me saying, 'Dan, what's going on? We've heard this. Tell us about it! Dad wants to know!' And so I'll give them as much information as I can, and Mom and Dad are both my biggest fans.
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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
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A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.
