"I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global earth community."

-- Mikhail Gorbachev

#Community Quotes #Earth Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“We spend our lives hurrying away from the real, as though it were deadly to us. It must be somewhere up there on the horizon, we think. And all the time it is in the soil, right beneath our feet.”
“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”

Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.90, UPNE
“God is, of course, a terrifying reality. I had thought that I knew all about God, and had Him in a pigeon hole. But I met Him at the corner of a street -- He entered my mind with a bang, and nearly burst my head open.”

Source : Wyndham Lewis (1956). “The Red Priest”, London, Methuen
“I didn't cheer in high school. I was the farthest thing from a cheerleader in high school. We made fun of cheerleaders. Everybody did!”

Source : "Co-stars 'Fired Up' over cheerleading". Orlando Sentinel interview, articles.chicagotribune.com. February 20, 2009.
“When I stepped from hard manual work to writing, I just stepped from one kind of hard work to another.”
“It's inspiring just to work on something and just kind of keep the creative juices flowing.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.”
“When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.”

Source : "Shirley Henderson: I'm every woman" by Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2011.

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