"If we grew our own food, we wouldn't waste a third of it as we do today. If we made our own tables and chairs, we wouldn't throw them out the moment we changed the interior decor. If we had to clean our own drinking water, we probably wouldn't contaminate it."

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Source : "My year of living without money" by Mark Boyle, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2009.

Mark Boyle

#Drinking Quotes #Water Quotes #Tables Quotes

“To be on the wire is life - the rest - is waiting.”
“Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.”
“I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.”

Source : "Dog N-Bombs Himself into Hiatus" by Natalie Finn, www.eonline.com. October 31, 2007.
“I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.”
“Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]”
“Life is about flows not about stuff we have. Water in a tank turns bad. Water that flows gives life. Money in banks turn toxic, it must flow”
“It is better to forget about yourself altogether.”
“Our knowledge, is our power, and God our strength.”

Source : Robert Southey (1853). “The Poetical Works of Robert Southey”, p.51

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