Quotes
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Ben Sollee

"When we cut off access to certain parts of our cities to people on bikes or in wheelchairs, we're not only doing economic damage, we're also doing culture damage. New York is the culture capital of the world because people are running into each other on the street all the time. They are forced to engage in creativity and problem-solving."

Source : "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Ben Sollee

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“The thing about sex is not that you're naked physically, but if you do it right, that you're naked emotionally.”

Source : Joy Browne (2006). “Dating For Dummies”, p.261, John Wiley & Sons
“Thou slanting rain! Thou Hebe of the Skies, That pours out drink to Earth; thou faithful wife That with moist tears embraces her prone lord. Thou mist intensified; thou double dew That drowns the drought, that heals the parched and burnt -- Thou resurrection rain.”

Source : William Batchelder Greene (1888). “Cloudrifts at Twilight”
“Youâ€™re too visible, Albert,â€ Hadrian explained. â€œCanâ€™t afford to have our favorite noble hauled to some dungeon where they cut off your eyelids or pull off your fingernails until you tell them what weâ€™re up to.â€ â€œBut if they torture me, and I donâ€™t know the plan, how will I save myself?â€ â€œIâ€™m sure theyâ€™ll believe you after the fourth nail or so,â€ Royce said with a wicked grin.”
“We're wealthy people. We're sitting here in New York, Washington. We live in a fantastically wealthy country. We don't have to worry about food. We don't have to worry about clothing. We wore the same shirt. We don't have to worry about our safety. It's very easy for us to be environmentalists. It's very easy for me to be an environmentalist. It's very easy for me to care about making sure that we protect the forests and the whales, and all that stuff. It's very hard for someone who makes $1,000 a year or some who makes less than $1 a day to care about the environment.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“Spiritual consciousness does not make your problems go away; it does, however, help you view them from a different vantage point.”
“There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win.”
“Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see againâ€¦ I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene Oâ€™Neill were laughing.”
“To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach.”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (1964). “La bonne table”

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