"The Nile Project is the performing side of an effort that also includes education in music and environmental issues, raising awareness of the entire Nile basin as an ecosystem. With such vibrant music, the good intentions were a bonus; the Nile Project was a superb example of what I call small-world music, of what happens to traditions in the information age."

-- Jon Pareles

#Ecosystems Quotes #Issues Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.”
“Your past history and all of your hurts are no longer here in your physical reality. Don't allow them to be here in your mind, muddying your present moments. Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much longer. But all are necessary, otherwise they wouldn't be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.”
“Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them.”
“You were the leaves, basking in the sunlight. I was the root, growing in the darkness ~Danzo”
“I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when youâ€™re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone â€“as it seems to meâ€“ is in danger.”
“Politics makes estranged bedfellows.”
“I have no desire whatever to reform myself. My only desire is to reform people who try to reform me. And I believe that the only way to reform people is to kill 'em.”

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“What the eye delights in, no longer dictates My greed to enjoy: boys, grass, the fenced-off deer. It leaves those figures that distantly play On the horizon's rim: they sign their peace, in games.”

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