"If the pleasures we seek are not permanent, then how important are they?"

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Source : Colin Beavan (2011). “No Impact Man: Saving the planet one family at a time”, p.100, Hachette UK

Colin Beavan

#Important Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell.”
“Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.”
“I know that I will go to my grave as Professor Sprout, whatever else Iâ€™ve done.”
“I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.”
“Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Donâ€™t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
“Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.”
“The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there.”
“I check all my props, everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely.”

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