"The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths, but in bossy walls and heavy, mound-like heaps and banks. Am made to feel that I am now in a strange land. I know hardly any of the plants, but few of the birds, and I am unable to see the country for the solemn, dark, mysterious cypress woods which cover everything."

-- John Muir

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“I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.”
“To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were mine.”

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“It's not difficult to move forward when you have nothing to lose. Right? At the time, I had nothing to lose. So, even when people were trying to degrade me, I couldn't let them take the only thing I had, which was my dream. I had to move forward and, thank God, I kept trying.”
“I don't believe Spiro Agnew is a crook. If he was a crook, he'd still be in office.”
“I know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would not have been expressed, had I not known more.”
“My motto is: look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best at any age.”

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“I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to go into the theater than it used to be. And probably attention spans are not as strong as they used to be, generally speaking.”
“We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.”

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