The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind's music, medicine and knowledge.


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My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.
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Gareth Miller grabbed the beer first, then the hotdog, because if there’s one thing you don’t wa...
JAY NICHOLS
You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your so...
JAY KRISTOFF
If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don’t want to cry anymore, you don’t listen to tha...
JAY ASHER
Looking down into her eyes, I couldn’t help telling her I was sorry. Sorry for waiting so long to ...
JAY ASHER
When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you...
JAY WOODMAN
Everything has its opposite within it.
Love can be very destructive if you mishandle it.
P...
JAY WOODMAN
A lot of you cared, just not enough.
JAY ASHER
We have the greatest power through love that can be known. It overcomes everything with its fierce a...
JAY WOODMAN
Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that aren’t even true—that ...
JAY ASHER
You can't stop the future
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...
JAY ASHER
Those who cannot remember the past will spend a lot of time looking for their cars in mall parking l...
JAY TRACHMAN
If you don't believe in your product, of if you're not consistent and regular in the way you promote...
JAY LEVINSON
In order to sell a product or a service, a company must establish a relationship with the consumer. ...
JAY LEVINSON
The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had bot...
JAY LENO
Drinking freshly made juices and eating enough whole foods to provide adequate fiber is a sensible a...
JAY KORDICH
I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my persona...
JAY CHIAT
You start losing a client the moment you get it.
JAY CHIAT
How big can we get before we get bad?
JAY CHIAT
My real talent was for losing clients.
JAY CHIAT
Now that I'm a client, I understand what a jerk I was.
JAY CHIAT
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong question...
ANTHONY JAY
Martha Stewart stuffed and roasted canaries and found they could no longer sing.
JAY LENO
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questio...
ANTHONY JAY
The pain and hurt which i feel, go as deep as it is real; to be around and yet unseen, takes the ...
JAY T
Beauty is wherever you find it, and Beast is there when you need to defend it.
STACEY JAY
But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide...
JAY ASHER
You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that?"
The rifle clatters to the blood...
JAY KRISTOFF
You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.
JAY LENO
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
JAY LENO
I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. T...
JAY-Z
The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!
JAY-Z
At Motel 6 in Amish Country I wonder if they leave the light on for you?
JAY LONDON
When the TV version of Annie came on, I was drawn to it. It was the struggle of this poor kid in thi...
JAY-Z
The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not h...
JAY CARNEY
Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that ...
JAY INSLEE
I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've ...
JAY KAY
Targeted marketing delivers a lower customer acquisition cost and gets you to profitable growth fast...
JAY SAMIT
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made...
RICKY JAY
To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competi...
JAY SAMIT
No matter how much we tweet, blog and post, nothing in business is as powerful as actual face time w...
JAY SAMIT
Every product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the real...
JAY SAMIT
Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!
JAY LENO
I think in London - and I don't wanna offend anybody in America, but this is a real statement - ...
JAY-Z
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said toda...
JAY LENO
Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in...
JAY SAMIT