"I think 'Gasland' is the doorway for a lot of people to see something happening in their backyard and realize the national and global implications."

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Source : "Josh Fox: Activist and filmmaker" by Gerri Miller, www.mnn.com. May 2, 2012.

Josh Fox

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Backyards Quotes

“Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.”
“It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely. It was an engineered structure, made from some type of metal, approximately 40 meters long with inner hulls. The object was narrow here and wider here, and inside there were openings. Some places had projections like small wings. The object stayed very close to us. We photographed it, and our photos showed it to be 23 to 28 meters away.”
“Men should strive to think much and know little.”
“Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.”

Source : Terry Eagleton (2011). “Why Marx Was Right”, p.202, Yale University Press
“It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
“When I tap, it means I've accepted the technique, learned the lesson and look to apply the experience next time I step on the mat. I never give up.”
“I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.”
“The lesson from the smith and wesson is depressin'.”

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