"It is not the project but the living process that will be the measure of our actions."

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Source : David Holmgren (2012). “Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change”, p.115, Chelsea Green Publishing

David Holmgren

#Our Actions Quotes #Action Quotes #Projects Quotes

“A healthy person is not perfect but perfectible, not a done deal but a work in progress. Staying healthy takes discipline, work, and patience, which is why our life is a journey and perforce a heroic one.”

Source : David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.13, Shambhala Publications
“The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title of an excellent Dinosaur Jr. song. A compulsion compels you; an impulse impels you. Nobody ever says 'compulse' or 'impulse' as a verb. So why would you ever say 'repulse'? This word haunts me in my sleep, like a silver dagger dancing before my eyes. Renee looked it up and I was wrong. But I still kind of think I'm right.”
“Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush.”
“I believe it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you can find something concrete to keep you busy while you are living your meaningless life.”
“People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists take the blame for the failure, ascribing it to some characteristic they are helpless to change.”

Source : Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.147, Bantam
“A convention always involves a level of security. It is always our intent to ensure everyone attending the convention is safe. When it comes to protestors, we welcome people who have something to say.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.”

Source : Robert Morris Letter Book, Rosenbach Collection No. 33, 1943.

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