"No bit of the natural world is more valuable or more vulnerable than the tree bit. Nothing is more like ourselves, standing upright, caught between heaven and earth, frail at the extremities, yet strong at the central trunk, and nothing is closer to us at the beginning and at the end, providing the timber boards that frame both the cradle and the coffin."

-- Seamus Heaney

#Strong Quotes #Tree Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“As my own boss, I have the opportunity to get to work with great brands, like Old Navy, and I get to style some looks together that people can actually buy and afford.”

Source : "Brad Goreski Is Taking Care of Business". Interview with Kelsey Garcia, www.elle.com. March 13, 2013.
“We will introduce an electric car by 2015. It will be a completely new vehicle concept for mega-cities. We would also have it developed if, contrary to expectations, it did not turn a profit in its first life cycle.”
“One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are emotionally hit, that it's both the brain and the heart.”
“Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.”
“Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].”

Source : "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.
“Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.”
“Doctors couldn't be everywhere, so the Lord invented Vulcans. I thought you knew.”
“I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.”

Source : "Speaking for the Silent" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2012.

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