"I grew up with landscape as a recourse, with the possibility of exiting the horizontal realm of social relations for a vertical alignment with earth and sky, matter and spirit. Vast open spaces speak best to this craving, the spaces I myself first found in the desert and then in the western grasslands."

-- Rebecca Solnit

#Sky Quotes #Space Quotes #Desert Quotes

“I admit," Morgan said with another withering look, "it's no donut.”
“I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.”
“Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance”
“My knowledge of myself is direct, synthetic, from within outwards; my knowledge of other persons is indirect, analytical, from outside inwards. My knowledge of myself starts at the core; that of others at the crust.”

Source : Salvador de Madariaga (1954). “Essays with a Purpose”
“Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune.”
“Animals are not resources or property with whom we can do what we please, their lives matter very much, and they should be firmly entrenched in our moral community. Accepting the notion of â€˜animal guardianâ€™ to replace â€˜pet ownerâ€™ will go a long way towards making the lives of our companions much better and richer.”
“I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.”
“How many more cars, clothes, toys and trinkets do we really need before we wake up and realize that half the world goes to bed every night with empty stomachs and naked bodies?”

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