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" Nature is the purest thing we can touch and observe. It can be the most beautiful and also the most devastating. "

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" Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. "

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" I concluded that all religions had the same foundation - a belief in the supernatural - a power above nature that man could influence by worship - by sacrifice and prayer. "

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" Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems. "

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" I think I could probably make $5 to $10m movies for a very long time and live a perfectly good life doing it. I'd probably get paid as well as a surgeon, which is pretty damn remarkable for a guy who went to film school. "

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" Nature is infinitely creative. It is always producing the possibility of new beginnings. "

Marianne Williamson

" In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. "

" I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm. "

" For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. "

Vincent Van Gogh

" I never wanted to make movies just for me. I want to make movies that people watch. "

" Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us. "

" Human nature is not of itself vicious. "

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" We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature. "

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