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“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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We have won a moment in an unfolding universe. Isn't that worthy of our notice?

-- Hannah Hinchman

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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

-- Douglas Adams

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The power of imagination makes us infinite.

-- John Muir

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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

-- Thomas Paine

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The student who made fun of playing the guitar under a girl's window will never read or write poetry under her influence. His defective eros cannot provide his soul with images of the beautiful, and it will remain coarse and slack. It is not that he will fail to adorn or idealize the world; it is that he will not see what is there.
- Alan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind

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We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.

-- Qwatsinas, Chief, Nuxalk Nation

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"I've done everything I know how to do, so if this doesn't work then we'll learn something."

-- Doug Pratt

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Believe you can and you're halfway there.

-- Theodore Roosevelt

(the image above is Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir)

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"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom, Justice, Honor, Duty, Mercy, Hope."

-- Winston Churchill

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"Fall seven times. Stand up eight."

-- Japanese Proverb

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

-- Muhammad Ali

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"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself." -- Harriet Nelson

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"I've done everything I know how to do, so if this doesn't work, we're going to learn something." -- Doug Pratt

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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted." -- Plutarch