"The white people's thought is full of ignorance. They constantly devastate the land they live on and transform the waters they drink into quagmires! There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end."

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Source : "'People in the west live squeezed together, frenzied as wasps in the nest'". Interview with John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2014.

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami

#Ignorance Quotes #Land Quotes #Sky Quotes

“I like Goodwill and the thrift stores. I don't like going into a store and picking from a bunch of cute stuff that's already been found. One of the best parts is finding it myself.”
“The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States but in France, Germany and throughout Europe.”
“I'm not very geeky. I'm quite homespun. I would say I'm more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey”
“If everyone is a hero, then disasters and atrocities lose their meaning. It's only when certain people are heroes and others are not that these tragedies and disasters that mankind faces take on meaning.”
“If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.”
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

Source : Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”
“I donâ€™t want to be a Princess,â€ she said finally. â€œYou canâ€™t make me be one.â€ She knew very well what became of Princesses, as Princesses often get books written about them. Either terrible things happened to them, such as kidnappings and curses and pricking fingers and getting poisoned and locked up in towers, or else they just waited around till the Prince finished with the story and got around to marrying her. Either way, September wanted nothing to do with Princessing.”
“Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.”

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