David Suzuki Quotes

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

David Suzuki

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WinterLiveFoodGrowFarmersEat

If you read the fables, 'Beowulf,' for example, you will know something about the person who writes them, and I like that. Secondly, they will not be about individuals; they will be about community. Thirdly, they're all about moralizing. Fourthly, the way they express themselves takes its tone from the oral tradition.

Jim Crace

CommunityTraditionYouPersonKnow

I kept thinking, 'How do you make a modern musical?' Then it became clear that I could do it just like a small indie art-house movie, very naturalistically. I could create a world where it's o.k. to break into song, without an orchestra coming up out of nowhere.

John Carney

WorldSongSmallThinkingYouOut

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

John Hawkes

SchoolPerformanceHigh SchoolRight

People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

John Frusciante

WorkPeopleThinkThoughtYouFall

I like to get in a battle I can win.

Robert Kraft

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Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.

Matt Taibbi

WarIdentityColdEndAmericaRight

That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build.

Jeff Fortenberry

FreedomSpaceExerciseYouLose

I'm kind of an idea guy.

Jeff Bridges

KindGuyIdea

People who got on their feet and freaked about were called idiot dancers. and nobody wants to be called an idiot dancer. But the whole idea of rock and roll is to get people off their arses - that's what it's about.

Steve Marriott

PeopleFeetRock And RollIdiotRock

The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that Abolition wouldn't have happened without it. The way in which African Americans managed to achieve a degree of self-determination was through the church.

Simon Schama

ReligionChurchYouAchieveSayWay

Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children - and my desire to make the world better a better place for them, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren.

Tom Carper

LifeLoveChildrenWorldBetter

I'm more of a sketch guy than a standup.

Matt Besser

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