"The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think."

-- Humphry Davy

#Country Quotes #Independent Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“Raising parent awareness on how to support their students to be safe, responsible and discerning users of technology continues to be a challenge.”

Source : "The Global Search for Education: The Tech Report - From Australia". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2015.
“Surely, surely the only one true knowledge of our fellow man is that which enables us to feel with him--which gives us a fine ear for the heart-pulses that are beating under the mere clothes of circumstance and opinion.”
“A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.”
“Everything really needs to be paraben-free for me. I mean, because if Iâ€™m going to smoke cigarettes, then I need to be aware of all the other bullshit Iâ€™m putting into my body.”
“What's been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.”
“Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.”

Source : "Poet, pike and a pitiful grouse". Interview with Thomas Pero, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 1999.
“How do you get into magazines? How can you get on TV or in your local newspaper? What can you do so others will take notice of your art? When I was first trying to get noticed, all of these questions went through my mind. After a lot of trial of error and a lot of reading, I began to understand the world of public relations.”
“That's all it took to solve problems - just sense.”

Source : Gary Paulsen (2009). “Hatchet”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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