"Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation."

-- Stephen Ambrose

#Rivers Quotes #Wildlife Quotes #Dams Quotes

“War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you cut down the number of enemies - there would be no war.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.
“I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.”
“Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.”
“From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth.”
“Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.”
“He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heavenâ€”at least in this lifeâ€”was neither a time nor a place to be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again to leave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears. Very much on the verge of tears. And very frightened.”
“I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.”
“Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.”

Source : "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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