Aldo Leopold Quotes
How would you like to have a thousand brilliantly colored cliff swallows keeping house in the eaves of your barn, and gobbling up insects over your farm at the rate of 100,000 per day? There are many Wisconsin farmsteads where such a swallow-show is a distinct possibility.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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I know all the critics.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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The level of dynamism is a matter of how fertile the country is in coming up with innovative ideas having prospects of profitability, how adept it is at identifying and nourishing the ideas with the best prospects, and how prepared it is in evaluating and trying out the new products and methods that are launched onto the market.
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My special thing as a kid was to play dead because I thought I was really good at it. When I was 7 or 8, I even did it in the bathroom with a hair dryer in the bathtub. I realized that I was good at it because each time my mom would scream.
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I have a Prius, but I'd love to have a white convertible like Richard Gere's in 'American Gigolo.'
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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The earliest religious feeling MacAllister could recall was being annoyed at Adam, because it was his fault that girls subsequently had to wear clothes.
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You watch movies and see bands you like and copy them and see what you can hold. I mean, it's all down to how you hold what you wear.
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I just got my work visa to shoot 'American Horror Story,' and my official status is 'alien with extraordinary abilities.'
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How would you like to have a thousand brilliantly colored cliff swallows keeping house in the eaves of your barn, and gobbling up insects over your farm at the rate of 100,000 per day? There are many Wisconsin farmsteads where such a swallow-show is a distinct possibility.
