"When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the earth. Trees have a yearning to live again, perhaps to provide the beauty, strength and utility to serve man, even to become an object of great artistic worth."

-- George Nakashima

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“Character comes before scholarship.”

Source : Margaret Ayer Barnes (1933). “Within this Present”
“To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle that only the Spirit of God can work in you. Do not turn your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow boldly in your Master's steps, for He has made this rough journey before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest than false peace and everlasting torment.”
“To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.”
“In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.”
“It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.”
“You should not be too much of a purist in your way of life, for you need to be able to accept all that is foul. You should not be too clear in making distinctions in social interactions, for you need to accept everyone whether they are good or bad, wise or foolish.”
“I was fortunate because I had parents who believed that being a writer was a perfectly acceptable thing to want to be. They'd actually hoped that I might be an artist, and I was lucky again to grow up with people who delighted in making things: my father wove baskets and painted furniture and carved wood figures; my mother quilted and embroidered and sewed.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.
“I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.”

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