"When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree."

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Source : "Tilting at Tree Bags" by Ian Frazier, www.motherjones.com. January 2001.

Ian Frazier

#Thinking Quotes #Tree Quotes #Upset Quotes

“I'm terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they're not funny. I end up saying, â€œOh, no, I'm joking, I'm joking .”
“As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.”
“Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our Constitution, not to cherish its exercise even where in opposition to ourselves.”
“When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light”

Source : "Christmas Carol". Interview with Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 04, 2005.
“Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.”
“I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.”
“I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans,”
“I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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