"Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation. - Winston Churchill, remarking to his son during a visit to Canada in 1929"

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Source : John Vaillant (2015). “The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed”, p.25, Random House

John Vaillant

#Beautiful Quotes #Son Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“The cinematography was of course incredibly important to me because I graduated as a cinematographer.”
“I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.”
“The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda”

Source : Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.58, Broadway Books
“Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 14, 2011
“If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.”
“As soon as we get out of our urban shell, we're still at the mercy of nature as individuals.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Never having something is different than having something and losing it.”
“The best way to go into an unknown territory is to go in ignorant, ignorant as possible, with your mind wide open, as wide open as possible and not having to meet anyone else's requirement but your own.”

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