"If what we already know were simply applied to all the agricultural land of the world and the problem of proper distribution were given consideration, the world could feed itself well."

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Source : Louis Bromfield (1950). “OUT OF THE EARTH”

Louis Bromfield

#Land Quotes #World Quotes #Problem Quotes

“It was so hard to watch myself back because whatever movie I do, I never look at the monitor. I hate looking at the monitor.”

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“The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.”
“Physical scientists probably deserve the reputation they enjoy for incorruptibility and unswerving devotion to pure truth. The reason for this is that it is not worth while to bribe them.”
“INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are words that MEAN something in Air Fighting.”
“Enlightenment is beyond self-improvement and spiritual seeking. It is the final resolution of a case of mistaken identity. It is the direct recognition of your eternal nature and the seeing through of who you have falsely believed yourself to be.”
“Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.”

Source : 1964 'Dream Song No.63'.
“Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.”

Source : Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.111, Macmillan
“It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.”

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