"Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris."

-- Edward Abbey

#Running Quotes #Lakes Quotes #Tree Quotes

“Elegance is refusal.”
“That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.”
“I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.”
“Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun”
“Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.”
“Falling into Donald Trump's trap, or being distracted every time he sends out a tweet is really not leadership. And, I would point you to a historical example, Italy's Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, a larger-than-life personality. People didn't know what to do until somebody came up with a novel idea: Why don't we ignore him? They completely ignored the personality, the man, and focused on the issues. He was defeated twice. Maybe we can learn from that lesson.”
“When I was quite a boy I had a spasm of religion which lasted six weeks... But I never since have swallowed the Christian fable.”
“Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it.”

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