"All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It must be this voice that is telling me to do something, and I am sure it's the same voice that is speaking to everybody on this planet - at least everybody who seems to be concerned about the fate of the world, the fate of this planet."

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Source : "Wangari Maathai: 'You Strike The Woman...'". Priscilla Sears, "In Context" (journal), Volume 28, Spring 1991.

Wangari Maathai

#Fate Quotes #Voice Quotes #World Quotes

“Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.”
“Real gold fears no fire.”
“Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally as thankless as herding cats”

Source : John Naughton (2015). “A Brief History of the Future”, p.209, Hachette UK
“I don't pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If I have any talent, it's in the artistic end of football. The variation of movement of 11 players and the orchestration of that facet of football is beautiful to me.”
“You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.”
“The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.”
“Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding power often exceeds loyalty to family or country because they create intimacy through shared ideals and beliefs, ceremonies, stories, and legends, and depend on it for their survival. The message is clear: Don't question what we're doing. Just appreciate how long we've been doing it.”

Source : Jennifer James (2012). “Thinking In The Future Tense”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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