"From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees."

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Source : Chris Priestley (2009). “Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror”, p.9, A&C Black

Chris Priestley

#Men Quotes #Tree Quotes #House Quotes

“Nothing is here to stay Everything has to begin and end A ship in a bottle won't sail All we can do is dream that the wind will blow us across the water A ship in a bottle set sail”
“I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.”

Source : "Shiloh Fernandez Exclusive Interview RED RIDING HOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 10, 2011.
“Why is the human skull as dense as it is? Nowadays we can send a message around the world in one-seventh of a second, but it takes years to drive an idea through a quarter-inch of human skull.”
“There's so few people in this town with a conscience.”
“Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile.”
“I have my own foundation, which I just started, called Believe Anything Is Possible, which is going to be an organization to help the underprivileged.”
“There is no crime greater, or more worthy of punishment, than being strange and frightened among the strange and frightened; except assimilation to the end of becoming strange and frightened, but apart from ones own real self.”

Source : Israel Horovitz (1968). “The Indian Wants the Bronx”, p.5, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“The key function of banks is money creation, not intermediation.”

Source : Speech at the Conference “Fixing The Banking System For Good” in Philadelphia, USA, positivemoney.org. April 17, 2013.

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