"For too much of history, we've viewed the world's precious resources - both environmental and human - as things to extract, to make the most of in order to maximize their potential."

-- Jacqueline Novogratz

#Order Quotes #Environmental Quotes #World Quotes

“Thought is the measure of life.”
“It's been very quiet, quite frankly. Nothing good, nothing bad.”
“Your imagination creates the inner picture that allows you to participate in the act of creation.”
“Where does Terry live? Somewhere deep inside. So I just let that come out and try to make something out of it without worrying about techniques or rules or any of that stuff. Just do it, you know. As long as it doesn't burn or get deleted, you know, then somebody will find it someday and I will have left something that I think is beautiful.”
“You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.”
“I think everyone's going to really try to keep costs down. The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively. I can protect my filmmakers from any form of creative interference, be it from anywhere, if we're all acting in a responsible way and making the pain of a failure be as little as possible.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for which their reason is unable to discover any adequate cause. The strength of a belief, when it is destitute of any rational foundation, seems, of itself, to furnish a new ground for credulity. We first admit a powerful persuasion, and then, from reflecting on the insufficiency of the ground on which it is built, instead of being prompted to dismiss it, we become more forcibly attached to it.”

Source : Charles Brockden Brown (1987). “Somnambulism and other stories”, Peter Lang Publishing
“None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come. But soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names.”

Source : "Fictional character:Ôishi". "47 Ronin", www.imdb.com. 2013.

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