"There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat."

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Source : Lillian Hellman (1969). “The Little Foxes: Play in Three Acts”

Lillian Hellman

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“Run from being good. Chase being great.”
“Maturity means learning the value of that which is hard-earned.”

Source : Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
“Reserve some hours daily to examine yourself and fortune; for if you embark yourself in perpetual conversation or recreation, you will certainly shipwreck your mind and fortune.”
“After winning the Oscar, I was committed to do 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' but I didn't know what the next thing would be after that. It was a scary time. But the advantage of TV is the regular work. All you need is a hit series, I guess.”
“A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.”

Source : "If This Is a Man". Book by Primo Levi, 1947.
“Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.”
“I believe citizens are beginning to realize that their birthright, a healthy ecosystem, has been stolen, and they want it back.”

Source : Charles Clover (2008). “The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat”, p.317, Univ of California Press
“We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.”

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