"For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports."

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Source : Sandra Postel (2014). “The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity”, p.184, Routledge

Sandra Postel

#Thinking Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Water Quotes

“Run, run, run - with everything you have - into everything you are meant to be.”
“Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. ... It preserves things from corruption - even as it corrodes other things with its bite. A little of it fertilizes the land; a lot sterilizes it.”
“Do not be frivolous with the gift of a day. Right now it's all you have. Yesterday is history.”
“I can't work with my brother without laughing.”
“Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.”
“You know the rule. If you're long, you're never wrong.”
“Group action - yes; group thinking - no”

Source : Norman Lamm (2002). “Seventy Faces: Articles of Faith”, p.222, KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
“To change with change is the changeless state”

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