"The co-opting of the environmental movement by the petroleum industry had a shattering effect. It crushed nascent biofuel businesses, killed research, cut off critical funding, stopped the building of new infrastructure, dissolved powerful alliances and seeded America with doubt over our ability to free ourselves from petroleum."

-- Josh Tickell

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“The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent.”

Source : George Catlin (1857). “Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: With Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing ; with 360 Engravings, from the Author's Original Paintings”, p.23
“The feeling of betrayal by the friend you trust”
“Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.”
“I have great friends. That's key for me for: surrounding myself with people who are supportive and kind.”
“Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I'll never forget the wrenching days I spent in Haiti last year for Save the Children just weeks after the earthquake.”
“Husbands shouldn't be the last to know. Husbands should never know!”

Source : "Life As It Is" by Nelson Rodrigues, translated by Alex Ladd, Host Publications, (p. 220), 2009.
“True love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas Spirit.”
“He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for awhile, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages.”

Source : John Bellairs (2002). “House with a Clock in Its Walls / Ghost in the Mirror Flip Book”, Puffin

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