Douglas Tompkins Quotes

If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.

Douglas Tompkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I found something I loved to do when I was 15 - making pizzas.

John Schnatter

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'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.

Rob Sheffield

FamilyLonelyAmericanHorrorWay

I know a lot about Canadian politics. I lived in Canadian bars for six years.

Michael Moriarty

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We see and hear about Israelis and Palestinians only when they are defined by the global media as 'occupiers,' 'terrorists,' and 'victims.' But we forget that they are fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and neighbors and doctors and shop-owners and farmers and students.

Jason Alexander

MediaForgetNeighborsFarmersSee

Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras. I mean, I can embrace Larry King saying 'fierce.'

Johnny Weir

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Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

Cole Swindell

LifeJustLearnedAbout

There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

Bong Joon-ho

CensorshipAnyKoreaHardly

When I had my cancer, the chemotherapy took my hair away. So then I decided I would just keep it short, and this is my signature now. The great thing about it is that I am a bit of a chameleon, so you can put a wig on me and I look totally different.

Anthony Warlow

GreatI AmMeHairShortLook

I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters.

Richard Marquand

LoveI AmMeStoryKnowStar

I want to produce more number one hits but not follow trends blindly! What I really hope to achieve in the long-term is to get that cross-over status such as Calvin Harris and Avicii. I'd love to be a household name in pop music.

Martin Garrix

LoveMusicHopeNameAchieveWant

I've been dancing for 10 years.

Lindsay Ellingson

DancingYearsBeen

Any kind of new U.K. federal system would almost certainly demand the creation of a written constitution. Properly drafted, such a document could, among many things, pin down more effectively the proper dimensions of prime ministerial power.

Linda Colley

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