When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.
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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 Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stor... CARRIE RYAN When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me... GARY F EVANS... The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL There is no worse discriminator than envy. No worse traitor than envy. Even those who are seemingly ... C. JOYBELL C. Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity. AMY HARMON Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Now, it's getting to the point -- in particular with the (bird) flu thing that we may see something ... BOB LANDRY I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA And He will judge and will forgive all, the good and the evil, the wise and the meek . . . And when ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Preparation is good for success and it is a noble thing to prepare excellently for success, but in r... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this cou... DON YOUNG The first bird we saw at our camp was a new species. Large mammals that have been hunted to near ext... BRUCE BEEHLER When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. Howeve... HUGO CHAVEZ I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN There is a deep interconnectedness of all life on earth, from the tiniest organisms, to the largest ... BRYANT MCGILL I know there was a time, when our country was new, when the assignment of these numbers helped organ... KIERA CASS I had a chat with May and I had a sweet talk with April but the lovely conversation that left me to ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We do have federally listed species that use the forest, and we need to have a plan that protects th... JIM YOUNG Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-spec... LYNN MARGULIS Ecologists have debated for decades over whether there is something of ecological value to species d... CHRISTOPHER WILLS And what good is a voice when so few will listen? STACEY JAY Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth ha... L.M. MONTGOMERY Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL God created us in his image, male and female, with personhood and sexual passions, so that when he c... JOHN PIPER Anger - a beast within us that needs taming. SARU SINGHAL Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... {She} considered mentioning...how she, to, was all alone. But it didn't matter. So many stupid ways ... MICHAEL KNIGHT Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ... HENRY HON At the end of the warehouse was a dais constructed from pallets of books: stack of vampire novels, w... RICK RIORDAN The experts have reported that they have seen no sign of bird flu, and no new deaths of flamingos or... ERIC CAREY This helps fill a big gap that has existed in evolutionary studies. We have known for some time that... DANIEL FUNK Percy was getting tired of water. If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Po... RICK RIORDAN Perhaps man was neither good nor bad, was only a machine in an insensate universe--his courage no mo... T.H. WHITE You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when y... KAHLIL GIBRAN One important early application of RAVE aims to measure just how much stuff there is in our Milky Wa... ROSEMARY WYSE The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the... C. JOYBELL C. It's easy [to coach] when they shoot the ball like that. Savant was feeling it and got some good loo... BLAKE TRAVIS May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die. FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN The dynamics have changed, ... A lot of things I was for ... I think you have to pause and say, 'Can... TRENT LOTT but the idea of design might open our understanding to some things we never would have considered ot... DAVE FREER In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Though we all know that the survival of the species depends on producing children, up until now we h... MARK VAN DOREN Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN The absolute motivation was really to give clarity and certainty to all our ecosystems so we can rea... JIM BALSILLIE A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We have to look deeply to see how we grow our food, so we can eat in ways that preserve our collecti... THICH NHAT HANH I know you're aware that we're cramped. When we moved in we had six employees, now we have 17. We we... CINDY POLLEY I know you're aware that we're cramped. When we moved in we had six employees, now we have 17. We we... CINDY POLLEY Ecologists have debated for decades whether there is ecological value to species diversity. We found... CHRISTOPHER WILLS We still should have enough time to reach Rome.” Hazel scowled. “When you say should hav... RICK RIORDAN This is Buford,” Leo announced. “You name your furniture?” Frank asked. RICK RIORDAN He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly... RICK RIORDAN Did someone just call me the wine dude ?” he asked in a lazy drawl. “It’s Bacchus, pleas... RICK RIORDAN Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. “You do have a plan?” Percy wanted to step ... RICK RIORDAN Percy blinked. “So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means ... RICK RIORDAN I can’t believe how much this place has grown,” Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in... RICK RIORDAN Yay!” Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug—even Octavian, who didn't look t... RICK RIORDAN Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!” She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te labe... RICK RIORDAN If not for the horses, Piper would've died. RICK RIORDAN Pluto's pauldrons,” Reyna cursed. RICK RIORDAN When you start seeing an area that was all tundra, and now all of a sudden, you see more shrubs or y... ANDREW SLATER Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things WALT DISNEY COMPANY I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater. L.J. SMITH And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,... MONTY PYTHON I make mistakes. That's what I do. I speak without thinking, I act without knowing. I d... CANDACE BUSHNELL The ESA does not allow federal regulators to treat some members of a species differently when they e... RUSS BROOKS Your past doesn't actually exist. What you think is your past is a tiny blip of electricity in your ... DAN PEARCE We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a mat... BARACK OBAMA I’m pretty sure there are some things in the dark that we’re not meant to see. KARINA HALLE Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
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CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system. DAVID BRINKLEY I came across an older picture of me that someone had posted on Facebook, and I totally remember squ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Some days I don't have time for a full workout, but I do have to dry my hair, right? So rather t... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Because I'm an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be the... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I think variety is the spice of sticking with an exercise routine, whether it's getting a dance ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY If a person lies to you about what's in their bank account, they'll lie to you about other t... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I have an organic garden and love being able to say, 'I'm going to see what I can pick to th... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY In the beginning of my career, I read an article about the reason that men always look five years yo... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I really have a deep sense of caring about the air that we breathe and the water that we drink. I wa... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creatin... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I get bored if I do the same thing. The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whateve... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY When doing sports... on the water, it's crucial to stop aging by protecting your skin. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I think that ultimately your age is determined by your attitude. It's not the number; it's n... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazin... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY My age has so little to do with my image of myself because at a certain point, the number just didn&... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY When I started modeling, I was told to tan, but I always protected my face. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communi... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Modelling was never in my plan. Never. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY The more you give, the more you get - it's a cliche, but it's really true. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the e... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Most of the time, I've got my kids with me, so I'm not as prone to meeting people. And then,... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I urge people to make your workout fun. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I just love America. I love living here. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I remember really loving the CoverGirl ads when I was younger - there was something very cool about ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I never planned to be a model at all. I moved to Paris to study art, and I was there working as an a... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY In private, I may wear a bikini, but at the public beach with my kids, I would change bathing suits ... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I respect artists so much, and I absolutely love music as the ultimate art. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I think there's little things you can do with a dermatologist that can stave off major, giant su... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Photoaging is the worst. It wreaks havoc. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I had a gorgeous mom. She was beautiful, so I lucked out there. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY