"I spend as much time as I can sketching from nature, Dartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders, foaming rivers and twisted trees as my heart could ever desire. . . . When I look into a river, I feel I could spend a whole lifetime just painting that river."

-- Alan Lee

#Heart Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.”
“In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward.”
“There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.”
“One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
“There was still gold and silver in the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow”
“There is no greater sickness in the world today than the lack of love.”
“Wine is bottled poetry, he thinks.”
“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”

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