"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."

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Source : "Playboy Interview: Ansel Adams". Interview with David Sheff, Playboy (p. 226), May 1, 1983.

Ansel Adams

#Nature Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Government Quotes

“Being successful doesnâ€™t necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.”
“Chacun de nous a un jour, plus ou moins triste, plus ou moins lointain, oÂ u' il doit enfin accepter d'e"Â tre un homme. There will come a day for each of us, more or less sad, more or less distant, whenwe must accept the condition of being human.”
“The self is the class (not the collection) of the experiences (or autopsychological states). The self does not belong to the expression of the basic experience, but is constructed only on a very high level.”

Source : Rudolf Carnap, Rolf A. George (1969). “The Logical Structure of the World: And, Pseudoproblems in Philosophy”, p.299, Open Court Publishing
“For me, the distinction between documentaries and feature films is not so clear - my "documentaries" were largely scripted, rehearsed, and repeated, and have a lot of fantasy and concoction in them.”
“The liberated woman is not that modern doll who wears make-up and tasteless clothes. ....The liberation woman is a person who believes that she is as human as a man. The liberated woman does not insist on her freedom so as to abuse it.”
“Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.”
“If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.”

Source : David Brainerd (1824). “The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Society in Scotland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge: Who Died at Northampton, in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age”, p.302
“For many women, how our hair looks and feels is an everyday part of our lives, whether we always want it to be or not. And ultimately, feeling good about yourself is good for your life and who you are. So if having the best hair you can have means you feel better about your day, then go get that hair. And don't feel guilty about it!”

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