"Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich"

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Source : Paul Hawken's commencement address to the Class of 2009 at the University of Portland in Oregon, www.commondreams.org. May 3, 2009.

Paul Hawken

#Way Quotes #Earth Quotes #Rich Quotes

“We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Self-Analysis”, p.154, Routledge
“I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman.”
“Rohini Mohan read. While she did, I sketched her. She writes with such beauty and violence, and it seemed like the best way to listen was to really watch her, in the way that only drawing someone lets me do.”
“My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.”
“If we lived in a democratic state our language would have to hurtle, fly, curse, and sing, in all the common American names, all the undeniable and representative and participating voices of everybody here.”
“One thing I think I've always felt about being in nature is that it's a very natural taste.”

Source : "Pharr Davis thrives on trail". Interview with Anna Katherine Clemmons, www.espn.com. July 2, 2013.
“Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensely. I think of my political ideas as ideas about how I want to interact with other human beings as opposed to abstract theories about how the world should be.”
“Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ***** in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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