"Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities."

-- Daniel Quinn

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“Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main route of exposure to volatile pollutants in tap water, such as solvents, pesticides, and byproducts of water chlorination. As soon as the toilet is flushed or the faucet turned on-or the bathtub, the shower, the humidifier, the washing machine-these contaminants leave the water and enter the air. A recent study shows that the most efficient way of exposing yourself to chemical contaminants in tap water is to turn on a dishwasher.”
“Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?”
“Sometimes itâ€™s better to bend the law a little in special cases.”
“In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.”
“Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.”
“The fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in 'hard' science has become a dogma can only be explained on sociological grounds.”
“Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious.”

Source : Colin Tudge (2006). “The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter”, p.368, Broadway Books
“To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.”

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