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Howard Zahniser

"By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values are human values. Its preservation is a purpose that arises out of man's own sense of his fundamental needs"

Source : Howard Zahniser, Ed Zahniser, George D. Davis, Paul Schaefer, Douglas W. Scott (1992). “Where Wilderness Preservation Began: Adirondack Writings of Howard Zahniser”, North Country Books Incorporated

Howard Zahniser

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“I think rejection is a huge part of the business and there's so many cute girls that grow up with kind of being adored or people kind of bending over backwards for them. I see a lot of girls who aren't used to rejection because of that, and now all of a sudden they drop out of the business.”
“I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.”
“I wound up auditioning, wound up getting in, and I was off to the races: I was putting in four more years after school to train to be an actor. I was 26 years old, and I still had a locker, for Christ's sake!”
“While the idea of taking you right now, against the wall, is enough to make me lose control, I want you to know that Iâ€™m serious. Youâ€™re not a hook up. Youâ€™re not a friend with benefits. Youâ€™re more than that to me.â€ I closed my eyes, breathing heavily. â€œWell, that wasâ€¦really sort of perfect.â€ â€œIâ€™m really sort of perfect â€¦ Everyone else knows that. Youâ€™re just a little slow on the uptake.”
“I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; (iii) this is true, but quite unimportant; (iv) I always said so.”

Source : Journal of Genetics, Vol. 58, 1963.
“A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate. The hour, some little time before sunset, and the place, the West Barricade, at the very spot where, a decade later, a proud tyrant raised an undying monument to the nation's glory and his own vanity.”
“It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.”
“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”

"By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values are human values. Its preservation is a purpose that arises out of man's own sense of his fundamental needs"

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