Douglas Tompkins Quotes

When we began working on Parque Pumalin, rumours flew that we were establishing a nuclear waste site for the United States or, oddly for Episcopalians, which we both are, setting up a Jewish state. It would be funny if these theories weren't being taken very seriously.

Douglas Tompkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1943 - December 8, 2015

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A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.

John Burnside

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When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

Troy Brown

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The first arrival of earthly life on another celestial body ranks as an epochal event not only for our generation, but in the history of our planet. Neil Armstrong was at the cusp of the Apollo programme. This was a collective technological effort of epic scale, but his is the one name sure to be remembered centuries hence.

Martin Rees

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I never admitted what I wanted to do for a career to anyone until I was 26. I wish I'd piped up at 18.

Miranda Hart

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Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can't rescue a dog of a song.

Jarvis Cocker

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When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their race and religious beliefs, and when violent enforcement of Jim Crow masqueraded as the will of the people.

DeRay Mckesson

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One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.

Derek Theler

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Texas has an established trade office in Mexico City, as do other Texan cities. They have a more mature trade relationship with Mexico, and I want to make Arizona a leader in this area also.

Doug Ducey

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That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

Chris Abani

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Boothe Luce

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The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

Arthur Erickson

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I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that character was such a gift.

Ari Graynor

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