"When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We too must hurl ourselves against and through the literal and metaphorical concrete that contains and constrains us, that keeps us from talking about what is most important to us, that keeps us from living the way our bones know we can, that bars us from our home. It only takes one person to bring down a dam."

-- Derrick Jensen

#Home Quotes #Talking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God.”
“I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.”
“...The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get in the papers. No one knows about all the happy people...”
“Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far.”

Source : "Quotes of the Day". Remark at the Golden Globe awards, content.time.com. January 16, 2007.
“Love you more," I said playfully. "Not a chance," Xavier said, fully awake now. "I'm bigger, I can contain more love." "I'm smaller, therefore my love particles are more compressed, which means I can fit more in.”
“I feel like people are starting to come around and embrace rock. Because I guess they're getting sick of the stale sounds of certain electronica. They kind of get really bored with the fact that it's so self-indulgent.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.”

Source : "Carly Simon charts new course with Brazilian-inspired CD" by Charles J.Gans, www.foxnews.com. May 08, 2008.
“Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?”

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