"Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age ..."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.333

Mary Russell Mitford

#Children Quotes #Tree Quotes #Growth Quotes

“...our societies appear to be intent on immediate consumption rather than on investment for the future. We are piling up enormous debts and exploiting the natural environment in a manner which suggests that we have no real sense of any worthwhile future. Just as a society which believes in the future saves in the present in order to invest in the future, so a society without belief spends everything now and piles up debts for future generations to settle. "Spend now and someone else will pay later."”
“I have no particular career agenda.”
“I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.”
“It's not hatred that kills people, it's indifference”
“Supposing is good, but finding out is better.”
“From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view of Modernism for decades.”
“I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Your actions become your habits. Don't let yourself make a pattern of slipups or they'll become habits!”

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