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Small, daily elevations compound into massive results over time. ”
Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know. ”
When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living. ”
I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata. ”
I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new. ”
You realize that however much you don't think about death - or think that's for other people - you're just an organism living from day to day. I'm just grateful I'm here. ”
The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities for them, the practical result is to encourage disorganized economic activities that results in the further destruction of the rain forest. ”
Living in England is fascinating: I discover a new world every day. ”
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. ”
Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate. ”