John Muir Quotes

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

John Muir

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I'm so thankful for my one year at regular high school in White Plains.

Jennifer Damiano

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I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didn't exist.

Jennifer Egan

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I have two brothers that are musicians. My older brother, Yuval, is a saxophone player. My younger brother, Avishai, is a trumpet player.

Anat Cohen

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In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.

John Leonard

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Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?

John Mellencamp

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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

Matthew Prior

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I grew up in Alsace - in Strasbourg, by the canal; the family business was coal handling. It was still in the days when three generations would live under the same roof. There were 15 people for lunch, 20 for dinner.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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When I got in trouble, my mom would make me read or write - I would have to write my name over and over and over again. It gave me great penmanship, but I also just liked to write. Every time I would go to the store, I would buy a notebook. I had thousands of them.

Ro James

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There are all kinds of things God wants me to do that I'm very obstreperous about.

Mary Karr

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Discipline and unconditional support is earned by understanding and trust and inclusion. Not by isolation, not by nasty tricks.

Colm Keaveney

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I daydream about Backstreet Boys accepting a Grammy one day.

Brian Littrell

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I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.

Bozoma Saint John

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