"Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance."

-- Lester R. Brown

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“I think my leap into TV and movies and comics is in a way natural because I'm a visual storyteller. If you look at any one of my short stories or novels, they sort of unscroll cinematically. Every scene is concrete in my mind. I can walk around the room and pick things up. I can describe at length every feature on the character, though I might only supply a glimpse of this on the page. So if I'm writing color into that I'm also writing texture, I'm pushing the image more than anything else.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.”
“We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.”
“Home is the nicest word there is.”

Source : "Fictional character: Laura Ingalls". TV Series "Little House on the Prairie" ("A Harvest of Friends", 1974), www.imdb.com. 1974–1983.
“Everything I do and say tells a story of who I am serving. If I am acting out of anger and spite, I am serving the father of darkness and spreading his darkness. If I am honoring to the Lord with my actions, I am serving to further the name of Jesus and spreading His light.”
“One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.”

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