"A necessary part of our intelligence is on the line as the oral tradition becomes less and less important. There was a time throughout our land when it was common for stories to be told and retold, a most valuable exercise, for the story retold is the story reexamined over and over again at different levels of intellectual and emotional growth."

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Source : Wes Jackson (2015). “Becoming Native to This Place”, p.89, Counterpoint

Wes Jackson

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“We can only truly be civilised people when we have regular and meaningful contact with the wild world”
“Tom Brady was suspended 4 games for hiding evidence. Hillary should have to sit out first 4 primaries.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 29, 2015
“I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!”
“Everybody's out there wrestling like a robot.”
“As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that you can communicate with people and it's instant.”
“I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that.”
“The thrill of being ignored!”
“My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.”

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