"Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean."

-- Ted Dexter

#Mean Quotes #House Quotes #Cracks Quotes

“Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.”
“Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.”
“There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.”
“I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.”

Source : Derrick Jensen (2004). “A Language Older Than Words”, p.127, Chelsea Green Publishing
“When my self is not with you, it is nowhere.”
“I'm not about hurting the person I'm with.”
“I always love to support my friends and how they choose to express themselves creatively.”
“I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.”

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