"If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble vessel, Great Britain, were to be shipwrecked and start to founder, believe me, there would surely be somebody in Westminster to cry from the top of the Tower: "Dogs first!"

-- Pierre Daninos

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“In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves.”
“I have to use my strengths, which [are] my speed, my quickness and my movements. If I do that, I really believe that I will come out on top.”
“After walking off the field feeling nauseous knowing my wrist was broke and hearing Philly fans yelling 'You deserve it,' and, 'That's what you get,' I am motivated to get back quickly and see to it personally those people never walk down Broad Street in celebration again,”

Source : "MLB: 5 things we learned in week five" by David Lengel, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2012.
“Move over just a bit to the right of me, For I cannot see Where the booty is.”
“We have not yet realized that the Indian and his culture were fundamental to the growth of Canadian institutions.”

Source : Harold Innis (2017). “The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History”, p.318, University of Toronto Press
“There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.”
“Nobody wants to know how you feel, yet, they want you to do what they feel.”
“The profound political changes we need in order to heal our planet will not come about through fragmented problem solving or intellectual analyses that overlook the deepest yearnings and intuitions of the heart....As we begin to cultivate a rich inner life and experience our connection with all life, we realize how little of what society tells us we need is actually important for our well-being....Green politics must address the spiritual vacuum of industrial society.”

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