"I hike every day with my dog, after the kids are off to school. I tend to get wrapped up in all the things that need to be done during the day, so I really am strict about setting that time aside for myself and not scheduling anything before eleven, so I can get my hike in."

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Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Natalie Maines

#Dog Quotes #School Quotes #Kids Quotes

“Right... is the child of law.”
“Education keeps the key of life; and liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom,--namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.”
“In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It was a very confusing time with the war in Vietnam and the social changes sweeping the nation.”
“I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.”

Source : "Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley", www.today.com. October 28, 2014.
“Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.”
“Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.”
“If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”
“As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.”

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