"Perhaps for totemic reasons, people like to possess a piece of the country they are visiting. Women like to wear it. Men like to eat it."

-- Mary-Lou Weisman

#Country Quotes #Travel Quotes #Men Quotes

“Cities like Portland, Seattle, and Long Beach, which have made these investments in their infrastructure, are seeing not only health advantages, but also a lot more exchange in the community, which leads to better policy-making and stronger communities.”

Source : "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.”
“Spoken language clearly differentiates Homo sapiens from all other creatures. None but humankind produces a complex spoken language, a medium for communication and a medium for introspective reflection.”

Source : Richard Leakey (2008). “The Origin Of Humankind”, p.125, Hachette UK
“Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.”
“Any game could be my last, and any at bat could be my last. I'd hate to think it ended without me giving my best effort.”
“It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.”
“The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.”
“Not only because the product wasn't a great product, but remember it took us five or six years to ship it. Then we had to sort of fix it. That was what I might call Windows 7.”

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