"Rather than continuing to base our economy on a finite supply of dead things, we can base it on sources that are practically infinite and eternal: the sun, the moon, and the Earth's inner fire."

-- Van Jones

#Moon Quotes #Fire Quotes #Climate Quotes

“We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them.”
“Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the Canadian sense of self is so frail and delicate a bud, that the only thing stopping it from being swallowed whole by the US is an English lady in a funny hat.”
“Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that thought before...It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it's all over.”
“A dark-skinned human with four arms walks toward me across the floor of the club, clad only in a belt strung with human skulls.”
“You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.”
“That's what opium does to suffering: makes it of hypothetical interest only.”
“If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts Iâ€™d choose to have?”
“When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.”

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