"The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic."

-- David Attenborough

#Optimistic Quotes #Giving Quotes #Climate Quotes

“Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.”
“Yet I will look upon thy face again, My own romantic Bronx, and it will be A face more pleasant than the face of men. Thy waves are old companions, I shall see A well remembered form in each old tree And hear a voice long loved in thy wild minstrelsy.”

Source : Joseph Rodman Drake (1835). “The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems”, p.77
“A lot of young musicians get the money at the wrong time. They get it for something they donâ€™t feel great about, and itâ€™ll make you feel so bad itâ€™ll destroy you and kill you.”
“I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1946). “Impressions that remained”
“We are close to a consensus that the Kyoto Protocol does huge economic, political, social and ecological damage to the Russian Federation. In addition, it certainly violates the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, and well as the rights and freedoms of citizens in those countries which signed and ratified it.”

Source : "Q&A: Putin's Critical Adviser" by Yuri Zarakhovich, time.com, December 31, 2005.
“That's what sometimes separates people who always run and always train and people who maybe move on in life and do something else. I think I'm a lot more likely to be someone like Joan Benoit (Samuelson), who keeps going forever, just because I actually really like it, as opposed to someone who stops and never runs again.”
“Ghost stories always creep me out and weird me out. Those are always interesting to watch.”
“My view on feng shui: donâ€™t put your bed in front of the door because you wonâ€™t get in.”

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