"In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back."

-- Vandana Shiva

#Mother Quotes #Agriculture Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where many gather together for recreation, education, and inspiration - a blessed trinity worthy of public support.”

Source : Eleanor Robson Belmont (1957). “The Fabric of Memory”
“People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.”

Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.197, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it the other way around. What I have is what everybody else is looking for. I know I've got it made. I know I'm a very lucky man. That came first. Then the music and the career just kind of took care of themselves.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 27, 2007.
“God is not necessary to create culpability, or to punish. Our fellow men are enough for that, helped by ourselves.”
“I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.”

Source : "NewsBusters Interview: Karl Rove Slams Lefty Blogosphere, Talks Media, Praises iPhone". Interview with Matthew Sheffield, www.newsbusters.org. March 21, 2008.
“I have no desire to go back to San Francisco.”
“The present condition of fame is merely fashion.”
“Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much.”

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