"Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone."

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Lydia M. Child

#Bird Quotes #Facts Quotes #Tone Quotes

“So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it's easy to say, 'Ah, I'll workout tomorrow.' But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.”
“I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters.”
“The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ... If it fails to set a lovable God--a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being--before ordinary people, we have gone wrong”
“When youre a girl, passion can dominate the equation, but as you grow up relationships evolve. Mad passion can grab you at first, but it cant last forever.”
“For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!”
“I've worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I'm so proud of all they've done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.”
“Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a soil rich in wild species ... Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass. Henceforth, man's daily bill of fare will consist only of this one item.”

Source : Claude Levi-Strauss (2012). “Tristes Tropiques”, p.44, Penguin
“I don't really get recognised very much.”

Source : "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2007.

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