"Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy."

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Source : "Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making". Book by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield, 1999.

Allan Savory

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“Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.”
“Everyone wants to be part of the 99%, even the cops are like, "No, no, man. I'm part of the 99% too." No one wants to be part of the 1%.”

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“If there are people who like the work you've done, because of that, they like you and want your autograph and to take a photo, that's really gratifying. You have to be appreciative.”
“We look for God as though he were not already here.”
“Further, bearing up under our own burdens can help us develop a reservoir of empathy for the problems others face.”
“It's very early in the market. I don't want to pretend I know exactly how this rolls out. But there's been an enormous amount of interest.”
“Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.”
“Never complain and never explain.”

Source : In J. Morley 'The Life of William Ewart Gladstone' (1903) vol. 1, p. 123.

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