"Value change can change our pathetic capitulation to consumerism, which will help us psychologically as well as environmentally."

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Source : "Book World: 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World'". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 29, 2008.

James Gustave Speth

#Helping Quotes #Consumerism Quotes #Wells Quotes

“If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.”
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

Source : Gary Snyder (2010). “The Practice of the Wild”, p.7, Counterpoint Press
“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.”
“Iâ€™m glad to be part of the war on sadness. Iâ€™m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid.”
“Life is perhaps best regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings.”

Source : Margaret Loftus Ranald, Eugene O'Neill (1984). “The Eugene O'Neill Companion”, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
“There's a feminist critique of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals, which I'm certainly not unsympathetic to, because as I keep saying, I come from a human rights context. But there's a feminist critique of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals specifically, which says women are going to have their rights eroded by virtue of the fact of these courts are going to negotiate settlements and negotiate the dropping of criminal charges against men. There's not been any evidence of that taking place.”
“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”
“People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen.And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.”

Source : Song: Funny Little World, Album: Fairytales, 2009

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