John Muir Quotes

As soon as a redwood is cut down or burned, it sends up a crowd of eager, hopeful shoots, which, if allowed to grow, would in a few decades attain a height of a hundred feet, and the strongest of them would finally become giants as great as the original tree.

John Muir

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It's really, really easy to make excuses as to why we can't go to the gym. If you can find time to sit in front of the TV for 45 minutes, you can find time to work out.

Jill Wagner

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I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

Andrew Sullivan

PeopleMeEnjoyDisagreeActivities

I would go through my mother's makeup kit, and I think she thought it was really cute. I was only three or four years old.

Andreja Pejic

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Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

Ameen Rihani

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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Fashion is an industry to make money. It plays into human psychology. We want to belong, we want to be loved. I'm not trying to demonize the fashion industry - I love the fashion industry - but style is about taking the control out of the industry's hand and having you decide what works for you.

Stacy London

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I'm not meant to sit on the couch and not play music. But I never want to feel like I have to put out a record. I don't want to ever make those records.

Sturgill Simpson

MusicFeelPlayWantNeverOut

You shouldn't have to win the boss lottery in order to have a little bit of flexibility at work. Raising and supporting a family isn't just a financial obligation. What's important isn't just being able to put food on the dinner table - we want you to be at the dinner table, too.

Tom Perez

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I think this life is hard without assistance from others.

RuPaul

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I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.

Michelle Pfeiffer

SuccessMyselfStartThinkI Can

I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.

Mindy Sterling

MeCareFeelYouKnowMy Own

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

Liza Minnelli

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