"Biodiversity can't be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone."

-- Donella Meadows

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“In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.”

Source : Rudolph Fisher, John McCluskey (2008). “The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher”, p.36, University of Missouri Press
“Bright points in the sky or a blow on the head will equally cause one to see stars.”

Source : Lowell Observatory, Percival Lowell (1898). “Annals of the Lowell Observatory”
“You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest.”
“Actually, I can't stand watching violent scenes in films; I avoid watching horror films. I don't tend to watch action films mainly because I find them boring, but I watch the films of David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese, usually in a state close to having a heart attack. I'm a complete coward. I make violent films as a result of my sensitivity to violence - in other words, my fear of violence.”
“In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.”

Source : Ralph Washington Sockman (1933). “The Unemployed Carpenter”
“If the perfect Son of God is unattractive to you, then obviously you are an unattractive person.”
“You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.”
“My life is pretty much an open book.”

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