"I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings."

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Source : "Bob Brown and the media: 'I'll take them on ... they've crossed the line'". Interview with John Keane, theconversation.com. June 2, 2011.

Bob Brown

#Fundamentals Quotes #Goodness Quotes #Humans Quotes

“I don't know how Hollywood sees me.”
“The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and elevation of the mountains, by the animals, the woods and jungles, and by the rivers. Our task is to know how to listen and interpret the messages that are sent to us. The original peoples knew how to read every movement of the clouds, the meaning of the winds, and they knew when violent downpours were coming... We have forgotten all that.”
“And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I'm just one of the people ... just me.”
“We wonder, what if we got rid of cash? After all, cash is what keeps terrorists, drug dealers and gun dealers in business.”
“I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We were not made to eternally weep.”

Source : Countee Cullen, “From The Dark Tower”
“Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet.”

Source : "The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2008.
“A good tactic is one your people enjoy.”

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