"We cannot live without the Earth or apart from it, and something is shrivelled in a man's heart when he turns away from it and concerns himself only with the affairs of men"

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Source : Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2015). “Cross Creek”, p.3, Booklassic

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

#Heart Quotes #Men Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I go on a lot of hikes. I read a lot. I play piano.”

Source : Interview with Jennifer Hundley, www.askmen.com.
“I believe that 'advocacy journalism' is not an oxymoron. If that means that I'm going to disrupt the cable, partisan fracas of obsession over what this means from left and right, then so be it. I will be disruptive of it.”

Source : "Chris Cuomo Is About to Get Mad as Hell on CNN". Interview with Sam Thielman, www.adweek.com. June 16, 2013.
“Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”
“The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern.”

Source : Graça Machel (2001). “The Impact of War on Children: A Review of Progress Since the 1996 United Nations Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children”, p.13, C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
“In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.”
“I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.”
“We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.”

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