Learning about bears and being aware of their habits is a responsibility that comes with living in rural and suburban Pennsylvania or recreating in the outdoors.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Be aware of your habits or your habits will take over your being. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER Make every day count... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when... SOLANGE NICOLE Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there. MURRAY I. MESZAROS Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a... LISA KLEYPAS I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL We are hoping to make people aware of environmental issues while also being entertained outdoors wit... 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When we walk, we know we are walking. Whe... THICH NHAT HANH She plucked the blossoms from the bag and arranged them, one by one, in the water glass on her dress... SARAH JIO Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today. SOPHOCLES To him, even the momentary was momentous. G.K. CHESTERTON You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the... JAN GLIDEWELL This isn't about putting a couple of people in mascot suits or showing icons on the walls. It's abou... JEANNE SMITH It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA I just think that Mark has got the attributes it would really take to lead the city - fresh leadersh... DUSTY RHODES The power and attraction Jesus Christ exercises over men never comes from him alone, but from him as... H. RICHARD NIEBUHR For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive. MIUCCIA PRADA Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY I like living in Indiana. There is a little more space. It's a lot like the remote suburban place th... KATHY MASH Loft living is the antithesis of suburban domesticity, if only because the open spaces don't eas... VIRGINIA POSTREL Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something. SHASHIDHAR SA To have a child is the greatest honor and responsibility that can be bestowed upon any living being. CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of c... LI KEQIANG This is the time of year, once the new year comes, that people start to look forward to winter being... JOEL PRUNTY Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of comp... EDWARD GIBBON Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of comp... EDWARD GIBBON Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of comp... EDWARD GIBBON They not only teach children about responsibility, compassion and caring, they have been used in a h... JENNIFER WOLF Conscious parenting is not about being perfect, it's about being aware. Aware of what your kids need... ALEX URBINA Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON This "Desperate Housewives" demographic, dominated by pro-growth urbanites or suburbanites, often cl... KEN PERROTTE It is so torturous to be in the crowd not only because the voice there is usually loud, but also oft... ANUJ SOMANY A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer. A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI Irvine, being a planned community, is really good shorthand, especially in a movie or book, for unde... ANDREA SEIGEL Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. 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MICHAEL BISHOP Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of wh... TAYLOR KITSCH If you allow mosquitoes to disturb your sound sleep, you shall never be able to wake up healthy and ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The mark of a living thing is to be involved in opposites (impossibilities): the living cell that ha... NICHOLAS MOSLEY The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervi... BARBARA KINGSOLVER There is always a solution to any problem. Find opportunities in any circumstance. Never become... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The landfill can serve as school of bad habits to teach bears to associate people with food. MATT AUSTIN Our self- development is all about conquering and recreating ourselves SUNDAY ADELAJA It is not something we've heard a lot about, but I am interested in learning more and finding out if... DUSTY JOHNSON Your past doesn't actually exist. What you think is your past is a tiny blip of electricity in your ... DAN PEARCE I was given the opportunity to run a business, but on that very same day, I understood that it comes... OFRA STRAUSS I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing ... JOHN MUIR If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy with... THOMAS L. ODEM, JR If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy with... THOMAS L. ODEM JR This is about giving rural and regional Australia certainty and confidence that regardless of who ow... HELEN COONAN Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY Happiness is not a thing - it is a feeling; a way of joyful living and being. It comes from inner fu... RASHEED OGUNLARU Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things... ELIZABETH VON ARNIM To live in the present, you need to act or accept but never stay stuck. JOHN KUYPERS The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habi... STEVEN PRESSFIELD the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'm interested in food and sharing my passion with a community of like-minded people. All of the... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-... HANS-GEORG GADAMER Sibley was a representative of rural Pennsylvania with roots deep in the local soil. His innovative ... JACK BAKER No matter how figured out I think I have it I'm still learning. Whether it be through great experien... BREANNA CASELLA And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on ... ALICE SEBOLD Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military. PHIL KLAY Participants can look a Texas map and see how far they could have gone if they had been walking in a... CAROL RICE Pennsylvania has the third-highest rate of structurally deficient bridges in the nation. This is beh... CAROLYN BONIFAS The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep le... TEMPLE GRANDIN
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