"If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Nature Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.”
“Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.”
“America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native Americans.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (1986). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, Boston : Beacon Press
“I don't consider myself a Hollywood liberal, but I have my convictions and my beliefs.”
“Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.”
“To me, the movie is about power.”
“Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king”
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”

Source : Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.181, Penguin

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