"The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it."

-- Barry Commoner

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“I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.”
“You were the best thing in my life â€¦ I did love you. I do. As much as Iâ€™ve ever loved anyone, as much as I can. It feels like a lot â€“ it takes up my whole heart.”

Source : Patricia Gaffney (2000). “The Saving Graces”, Large Print Press
“Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of things.”
“To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.”
“If we can help an advertiser refine a message so it works for our consumers, we should be doing that, but at the same time, you never want to do it by confusing the customer about what the experience is. If we fail in that regard, we do our brand and our customers a disservice.”
“Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.”
“A man who has never been hungry may possess a more refined palate, but he has no idea what it means to eat.”

Source : Harry Mulisch (2011). “The Assault”, p.43, Pantheon
“I listen a lot to the incredible young artists who are coming through, which is something that just wasn't possible during Apartheid. That's the way I learn.”

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