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• I have seen oaks of many species in many kinds of exposure and soil, but those of Kentucky excel in grandeur all I had ever before beheld. They are broad and dense and bright green. In the leafy bowers and caves of their long branches dwell magnificent avenues of shade, and every tree seems to be blessed with a double portion of strong exulting life.

  John Muir

  Strong, Blessed, Kentucky

  John Muir (2015). “John Muir’s Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails… (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the Naturalist, Environmental Philosopher and Early Advocate of Preservation of Wilderness, the Author of The Yosemite and Picturesque California”, p.14, e-artnow

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• Memories may escape the action of the will, may sleep a long time, but when stirred by the right influence, though that influence be light as a shadow, they flash into full stature and life with everything in place

  John Muir

  Memories, Sleep, Light

  John Muir (1997). “John Muir: Nature Writings”, p.818, Library of America

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• Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there

  Walter Cronkite

  Home, Justice, Way

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• The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility which every human being shares. Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building a productive land in harmony with nature.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Nature, Responsibility, Land

  "Earth Day, 2015: Mixed Reactions" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. April 22, 2015.

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• Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.

  Walt Disney

  Moving Forward, Creative, Innovation

  "Meet the Robinsons". The ending credits of the movie, 2007.

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• But the past is long, and the future is short.

  Karen Thompson Walker

  Past

  Karen Thompson Walker (2014). “The Age of Miracles”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

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• I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years. Once in awhile, a letter does fall behind a post office desk and lie there for years before it's finally discovered and delivered to the rightful address. The seemingly brain-dead sometimes wake up and start talking. I'm always on the lookout for proof that what is done can sometimes be undone.

  Karen Thompson Walker

  Lying, Father, Fall

  Karen Thompson Walker (2012). “The Age of Miracles”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

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• The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.

  Rachel Carson

  Lying, Progress, Speed

  "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson, (p. 277), 1962.

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• The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Eye, Ambition, Men

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Sept. 1964-May 1949”

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• New Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is fluent in Chinese. In a short period of time the Republicans have come quite a long way. The last Republican president wasn't even fluent in English.

  David Letterman

  Presidential, Chinese, Way

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• Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

  Rachel Carson

  Reality, Focus, Attention

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• Life is a mixture of successes and failures. May you be encouraged by the successes and strengthened by the failures. As long as you never lose faith in God, you will be victorious over any situation you may face.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Mixtures, May, Faces

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.95, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• Overnight success stories take a long time.

  Steve Jobs

  Success, Stories, Overnight Success

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• Life is the finest secret. So long as that remains, we must all whisper.

  Emily Dickinson

  Secret, Life Is, Finest

  Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). “The Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.482, Harvard University Press

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• People have had to make up for their spiritual impoverishment by accumulating material things. When spiritual blessings come, material blessings seem unimportant. As long as we desire material things this is all we receive, and we remain spiritually impoverished.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Spiritual, Blessing, People

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.128, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• We have too long treated the natural world as an adversary rather than as a life-sustaining gift from the Almighty. If man has the genius to build, which he has, he must also have the ability and the responsibility to preserve.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Responsibility, Men, Genius

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• The blessings of one mountain day, whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.

  John Muir

  Short Life, Fate, Blessing

  John Muir (2015). “John Muir’s Incredible Travel Memoirs: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, My First Summer in the Sierra, The Mountains of California, Travels in Alaska, Steep Trails… (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs & Wilderness Studies from the Naturalist, Environmental Philosopher and Early Advocate of Preservation of Wilderness, the Author of The Yosemite and Picturesque California”, p.136, e-artnow

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• What a man does for himself, dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he's gone.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Community, Doe

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• When you ... see our Father, you will see a being with whom you have long been acquainted, and He will receive you into His arms, and you will be ready to fall into His embrace and kiss Him. ... You will be so glad and joyful. ... When you are qualified and purified, ... you can endure the glory of eternity.

  Brigham Young

  Father, Fall, Kissing

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• The key to long term success in the marketplace is to build relationships & acquire leadership skills that can build great teams.

  JR

  Team, Keys, Skills

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• A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are his most priceless.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Men, Sky, Horizon

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.365, Best Books on

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• Moving pictures can be and will be new and fresh and exciting as long as there are ideas and talent in the world.

  Walt Disney

  Moving, Ideas, World

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• When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Giving, Way, Wonder

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• As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Opportunity, Enthusiasm, New Opportunity

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “Enthusiasm Makes the Difference”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• Take care of yourselves, and live as long as you can, and do all the good you can.

  Brigham Young

  Exercise, Care, Take Care

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