"When farming became a corporate venture, and the distribution of food became corporate, the variety of foods that were considered good diminished greatly. I know that there's a lot of misconception about this, that people think we have more food variety than ever before, but, in fact, if you read any of the studies, you'll find we have fewer foods than before."

-- Alix Kates Shulman

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Venture Quotes

“There are, forever, swamps to be drained, cities to be created, mines to be exploited, children to be fed ... But the conquest of the physical world is not manâ€™s only duty. He is also enjoined to conquer the great wilderness of himself. The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”
“We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.”
“I grew up going around with family, camping and living in a very beautiful mountain valley, knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers. I think it's no accident that I ended up studying the geography of India and knowing the names of the mountains and the rivers and all of that. I loved it. I think it gives a sense of space and a can-do-ness that was very powerful.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“A football team is like a piano; you need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
“You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.”
“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.”
“Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.”
“Most of us entered journalism and joined news organizations because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

Source : "The 'Live TV' Suicide: Forgive Shep Smith, But Boycott Buzzfeed" by David Shuster, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2012.

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