"Before you rip off three feet of toilet paper, consider that each year 500,000 acres of virgin boreal forest in northern Alberta and Ontario are being clear-cut to make the stuff. These forests are home to some 500 First Nation communities, as well as caribou and bears, moose and wolves, and, in the summertime, billions of songbirds."

-- Alex Shoumatoff

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“Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken,”

Source : Misty May-Treanor (2010). “Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life”, p.284, Simon and Schuster
“AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.”
“Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.”
“Love. Is it just a word that boys use to manipulate girls?”
“Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting.”
“I think we have a choice every single day in how we want to live our life. You wake up and you make your choice of what you want to do with your day that's going to help you achieve your dream.”
“Do you remember the last thing you said to me? The last thing you did to me? And what was the last thing I said to you? Because trust me when I said it I knew it was the last thing Iâ€™d ever say.”
“The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.”

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