"what you do every day is what forms your mind and precious few of us can or would spend most days outdoors."

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Source : Bill McKibben (2014). “The Age of Missing Information”, p.31, Random House

Bill McKibben

#Mind Quotes #Form Quotes

“For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.”
“To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.”
“Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.”
“And I think for me theres a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. May 30, 2002.
“An important question to ask is, 'Where and when did decoration and utility first meet?”
“A REAL man, the kind of man a woman wants to give her life to, is one who will respect her dignity, who will honor her like the valuable treasure she is. A REAL man will not attempt to rip her precious pearl from it's protective shell, or persuade her with charm to give away her treasure prematurely, but he will wait patiently until she willingly gives him the prize of her heart. A REAL man will cherish and care for that prize forever.”

Source : Eric Ludy, Leslie Ludy (2009). “When God Writes Your Love Story (Expanded Edition): The Ultimate Guide to Guy/Girl Relationships”, p.122, Multnomah
“Being a question on 'The Weakest Link,' that was quite a moment.”
“As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race.”

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