"Life on this earth first emerged from the sea. As the polar ice melts and sea level rises, we humans find ourselves facing the prospect that once again we may quite literally become ocean."

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Source : "Letter from the Archive: John Luther Adams" by Joshua Rothman, www.newyorker.com. April 18, 2014.

John Luther Adams

#Ocean Quotes #Ice Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature.”
“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”
“Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.”
“The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.”
“I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.”
“My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.”
“When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.”
“The late King's great service for the Muslim world and his noble deeds of charity and assistance for the poor of humanity will be long remembered with reverence.”

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