"One of my recent acquisitions. It is called a medicine bag, from one of the native tribes of North America. A fascinating people, highly skilled in the use of plants' power. They too understand nature's essence as divine. So much so that they do not think it is man's place to own the land at all. Imagine that - think of all the wars we would have missed!"

-- Maryrose Wood

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Famine was quite deliberately employed as an instrument of national policy, as the last means of breaking the resistance of the peasantry to the new system where they are divorced from personal ownership of the land and obligated to work on the conditions which the state may demand from them... This famine may fairly be called political because it was not the result of any overwhelming natural catastrophe or such complete exhaustions of the country's resources in foreign and civil wars...”
“I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians.”
“Nobody cares about your products (except you)”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 22, 2016
“Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.”

Source : "High School Showdown". "Q&A" with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. May 6, 2013.
“Poetry is perhaps this: an Atemwende, a turning of our breath. Who knows, perhaps poetry goes its wayâ€”the way of artâ€”for the sake of just such a turn? And since the strange, the abyss and Medusaâ€™s head, the abyss and the automaton, all seem to lie in the same directionâ€”is it perhaps this turn, this Atemwende, which can sort out the strange from the strange? It is perhaps here, in this one brief moment, that Medusaâ€™s head shrivels and the automaton runs down? Perhaps, along with the I, estranged and freed here, in this manner, some other thing is also set free?”
“We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.”

Source : "'Gunsmoke' Star Arness Marshals His Memories". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. November 01, 2001.
“The head is not more native to the heart.”
“When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.”

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