"To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware."

-- David Byrne

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“God didn't give man wings; He gave him the brains and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up. I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death...is the true measure of the Divine within us.”

Source : Alan Brennert (2010). “Moloka'i”, p.307, Macmillan
“Perhaps I'm dead. Perhaps this is all it will be. The living will carry on in their world â€“ touching, walking. And I'll continue in this empty world, tapping soundlessly on the glass between us.”
“The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.”
“You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility and deep respect.”
“For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that â€” situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the world's richest economy â€” Jamaica has no reason to be poor,”
“My dad taught me at a very young age that I should work harder than everyone else: Be the first one in and the last one out.”
“You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.”
“Most people...are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars which travel one defined path: no wind reaches them, they have within themselves their guide and path.”

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