"A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for."

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Source : William Beebe (2012). “Galapagos: World's End”, p.62, Courier Corporation

William Beebe

#Country Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.”
“There's nothing that I love to do more than act and I feel really lucky to be in the position that I'm in, being able to do it as my job! If I ever do anything other than act, it will be in show business.”
“Figure out the people part and the technology gets a whole lot simpler.”
“Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance”
“Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!”

Source : Herbert Barrows, Gordon Norton Ray, John Ciardi (1959). “An Introduction to Literature: How does a poem mean? By J. Ciardi”
“Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.”

Source : Albert Mohler (2012). “The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters”, p.16, Baker Books
“My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around.”
“It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext.”

Source : Leslie What (2008). “Crazy Love: Stories”

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