"It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive ."

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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 4),

Antisthenes

#Fall Quotes #Crow Quotes #Alive Quotes

“I love the Amazon. I just wanna to cry every time I go there both for the majestic beauty and for the fact that it's going to be a museum exhibit in a couple of decades if we don't stop the deforestation.”
“The problem is the way we let our desires stand in the way of our enjoyment of what we already have.”

Source : Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
“I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.”
“Of course the concept is to give people samples to get them hooked, I get that. But to continuously give away our music, that's the reason why you don't see [many] rap award shows anymore, the reason that you don't see rappers in commercials anymore; because we have allowed our music to be devalued.”
“I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.”
“When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.”
“Some men live their lives terrified. Terrified of the night and all that is dark. I will live my life eternally in fear of the light of day.”
“We have multiple Black men and women losing their lives simply for being. Who gets to say you don't get to live anymore? I don't understand that. And it doesn't stop there. Can we go into the school system and look at the imbalance of what our children are learning? We are functioning crazy, people.”

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