#desert

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest. ↗

— James Lovelock

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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#beautiful #come #desert #enjoy #i

It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest. ↗

— Roger Mahony

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#could #desert #ditch #full #grass

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#deserted #emigration #great #implies #kind

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#combine #continent #deserts #dream #efforts

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#crucial #decisive #desert #greek #how

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#abroad #cannot #defend #deserting #freedom

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#desert #light #night #off #once

I would love to hear all types of Christian artists played all over the world. I'd love to hear good, positive mainstream music played all over the place. I'd love to be able to bring music together. But I have not deserted Christ. I have not deserted my faith. ↗

— Stacie Orrico

#artists #bring #christ #christian #deserted