"But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot."

-- Margaret Atwood

#People Quotes #Plot Quotes #Use Quotes

“I am one of those that always get accidentally guillotined when the Great Day of Liberation comes, because ... I guess ... I am full of parentheses. Revolutions can't abide parentheses.”
“Volleyball was the hardest thing Ive ever had to do.”
“We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.”
“If you do just one thing—make one conscious choice—that can change the world, go organic. Buy organic food. Stop using chemicals and start supporting organic farmers. No other single choice you can make to improve the health of your family and the planet will have greater positive repercussions for our future.”

Source : Maria Rodale (2010). “Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe”, p.16, Rodale
“The planet isn't improvising, it's creating dynamic tensions between complex living systems in a planetary choreography, a balancing act between physical, chemical, biological, environmental, and human components.”
“I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.”

Source : Marie Bashkirtseff, Phyllis Howard Kernberger, Katherine Kernberger (1997). “I am the most interesting book of all: the diary of Marie Bashkirtseff”, Chronicle Books Llc
“Quit everything until you find something that you just cannot quit.”
“Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.”

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