"The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."

-- Aldo Leopold

#Land Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“I distinctly remember watching Annie when I was very little and thinking 'I don't like this kid.' In fact I think I remember thinking 'I don't like any of these kids.' That's all I remember.”
“World don't need chiefs. We need engaged, talented leaders.”
“Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us: we are bleeding at the roots because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars. Love has become a grinning mockery because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the Tree of Life and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilized vase on the table.”
“My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realize I was going to get educated.”
“Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.”
“Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea.”
“A watched supper dish never fills!”
“I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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