"God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools."

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Source : John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings”, p.373, The Mountaineers Books

John Muir

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“I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 18, 2002.
“I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.”
“You wouldn't match Melanie and me up, and if we hadn't gotten stuck together as lab partners in junior high science, I doubt if we'd have matched us up either. I'm not sure why we even stuck, except that we each probably find the other to be entertaining...Besides I feel like it was a personal mission of mine to broaden Melanie's world, though I think she felt the same for me.”
“Kissing is what humans do when words have reached a place they can't escape from.”

Source : Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.183, Simon and Schuster
“I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits and pieces of political thought across without preaching that the people have the power or we shall not be moved. Of course these sentiments have their place too - I'm not knocking Phil Ochs - but that's a different kind of music, songs to play at rallies, not to achieve a state of bliss.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.”
“I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination.”

Source : Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.78, Simon and Schuster
“Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2003). “What Next?: A Memoir Toward World Peace”

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