"A man's country is the world."

-- William Lloyd Garrison

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #World Quotes

“America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people.”
“Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.”
“I am Eloise. I am six. I live at the Plaza hotel.”

Source : Lisa McClatchy, Tammie Lyon, Kay Thompson (2006). “Eloise and the Snowman”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.”
“It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.”
“The wealthiest 300 people have greater riches than the three billion poorest. The three wealthiest people have greater riches than the 48 poorest countries put together. With only limited environmental space to accommodate the expected 9 billion human inhabitants of the world by 2050, such disparities in consumption are clearly not sustainable”
“The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.”
“I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy from the movie, Powder. Right now, I am the reigning West Coast Powder.”

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