Jay Griffiths Quotes

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

Jay Griffiths

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I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that's going on to the left of the frame.

Joel Sternfeld

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On Twitter, people just want to hear a joke. They don't really want to know about your life.

Jenny Mollen

LifePeopleKnowWantJokeJust

So when you go to a set and you just fully trust everybody, you know how hard everybody's working, you know that the people doing it are good and have such a strong vision - that's exactly my experience on 'New Girl,' and what my experience on 'Veronica Mars' was like. Everybody was just so great.

Max Greenfield

GoodGirlVisionGreatTrustPeople

I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.

Jean Nouvel

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I've always been attracted to the 'don't follow the rules' type of girl, the rocker girl. I've always been attracted to somebody who you can lose yourself in the moment with. You can hang out with her, and it's like you're the only two people in the room.

Steven R. McQueen

GirlMomentYourselfPeopleLose

I've made it a habit not to burn any bridges.

Robin Leach

HabitBridgesBurnMadeAny

When the USS New Jersey is commissioned, it will be a source of pride for everyone in our state for decades.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

PrideNewWillEveryoneSourceOur

I think I finally overcame my self-esteem and confidence issues at around 20.

Rupi Kaur

ConfidenceThinkSelf-EsteemFinally

I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now.

Miguel Indurain

EnoughNowTakeEarnedEasierBit

I do work really hard to be nice to people. Well, actually, I think it doesn't take much effort to be nice to people, so why shouldn't we all be nice to each other? But I do appreciate very much a woman who is in a position of power who is unapologetic about her position and her belief in her own abilities.

Miriam Shor

WorkPowerWomanEffortPeopleNice

I was seventeen when I moved to New York. I was nineteen when I joined the main company. I was going through a lot. Just becoming an adult and just wanting to fit in, be accepted, and be in common with the other dancers.

Misty Copeland

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We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.'

Mitch McConnell

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