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Susan George Quotes

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 26, 1950

Topics

Environmental Trees Forest You Down

As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military.

Fire I Am World Problems Budget

We're downtown New Yorkers and had very close proximity to the events of September 11th. Like everybody on the island of Manhattan, we were impacted by it in so many ways in terms of what we saw, what we felt, what our daily experience became in the wake of it.

Daily Experience New Island Events

If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work.

Work Hard Work People Grit You Hard

I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.

Best Game Think American Horror Top

As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.

Dog Great Day Me Writing Think

You don't usually meet directors on the streets.

You Meet Streets Directors

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

Jonathan Lethem

Me Free Now Want Expectation Will

You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients.

Claire McCaskill

Fighting You Security Know Want Pay

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.

Achievement Guitar First Big Wanted

I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and the harmony line is major and minor sixths below it.

Harmony Down Top Line Up Above

We loved country songs in New Order. That's our big secret!

Loved Country New Secret Order Big

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Men Thought Everything Activity Only

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