Margaret Atwood Quotes

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

Margaret Atwood

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DayGardeningSpringEndYouSmell

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

Jim Hightower

BelieveFarmSpeechNewRecovery

Even Obama's staunchest supporters are starting to leave him. Last week Michelle Obama demanded to see a copy of his birth certificate.

Ann Coulter

WeekCopyBirthStartingSeeLeave

I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.

Michael Heizer

WorkArtMyselfPoliticalEnoughGo

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

Amy Chua

StressAuthorityWhyAlwaysAsking

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

Rod Carew

ScienceArtHittingExact

More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.

Michelle Alexander

PeopleGuiltyMoreNeverJuryTried

I've done a lot of research about the Civil Rights movement, and I'm fascinated with how difficult it would have been for a black man to show feelings toward a white woman in that time period.

Joshua Henry

TimeWomanManResearchBlackWhite

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

Josh Billings

HappinessTimeWomanYouFindLost

People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along.

David Thewlis

PeopleYouChooseSometimesSayWhy

I am not the easiest guy to live with. It is probably the lack of stability in my life.

Artie Lange

LifeLiveI AmMy LifeStabilityAm

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Peter De Vries

MarriageChildrenValueProduce

Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties.

Paul Stamets

AncestorsThroughMushroomJustOur

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