"I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other."
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"[I] must seek in the stars that which was denied [to me] on earth."
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"There has been an earth for a little more than a billion years. As for the question of the end of it I advise: Wait and see!"
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"One cannot deal with a problem with the same thinking that creates it."
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"There was a time when everyone thought that Earth was flat. Did this unanimous consensus make any difference to the shape of Earth?"
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"Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time."
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"I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted."
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"... man is eating the earth up like a candy bar."
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"The disciples are drawn to the high altars with magnetic certainty, knowing that a great Presence hovers over the ranges ... You were within the portals of the temple ... to enter the wilderness and seek, in the primal patterns of nature, a magical union with beauty."
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"We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake."
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"What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent."
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"Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto of 'Business as usual.' Well-business as usual, Mr. Ward!"
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"Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the earth!"
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"I just want people to understand have fun, enjoy your time, enjoy your time on this Earth."
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"Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover?"
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"The kingdom of heaven will, in fact, appear on earth , but it will be ruled over by men a mere handful to begin with, who will be the Cassars, because they were the first to understand and later, with time, by all men."
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"What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?" "I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps." "Your code of morals. What code, if I may ask?" "Comprehension."
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"TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty."
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"Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much? have you reckon’d the earth much? Have you practis’d so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?"
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"Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty."
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