"The earth needs our workâ€¦ now."

-- Jeanne de Salzmann

#Needs Quotes #Earth Quotes

“If you really want to know how a person will operate, look at how they've lived their life.”
“I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.”
“Industrialization came to England but has since left.”
“What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version of ourselves. To "cultivate one's moral character" is the first step towards taking responsibility for the nation, and for society. Confucius and his disciples struggled hard to be "the best version" of themselves, but their aim in this was to better carry out their responsibilities to the society in which they lived.”
“Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.”
“And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough, Between our faces, to cast light on each? - I dropt it at thy feet. I cannot teach My hand to hold my spirits so far off From myself--me--that I should bring thee proof In words, of love hid in me out of reach. Nay, let the silence of my womanhood Commend my woman-love to thy belief, - Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief.”
“People see musicians on a huge stage playing a festival for 80,000 people and are like, "Oh, they have such magnetism," but it always embarrasses me more than it makes me feel proud.”

Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.
“Loving, knowing, and respecting our bodies is a powerful and invincible act of rebellion in this society.”

Source : Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.64, Seal Press

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