#land

I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or on a beach or in a studio. They might have clothes on or they might not. ↗

— Peter Wright

#beach #clothes #happen #i #landscapes

The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life precisely because it has been an open-to-all land of opportunity where entrepreneurs, thinkers and innovators are free to try, fail and then try again. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#because #become #been #entrepreneurs #everyday

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show. ↗

— Andrew Wyeth

#bone #fall #feel #i #landscape

The early American arrived at a land of which he knew nothing. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#arrived #early #knew #land #nothing

I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too. ↗

— Susannah York

#always #been #brought #country #deal

Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice. ↗

— Don Young

#arctic #community #covered #farming #found

I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water. ↗

— Neil Young

#exception #gold #i #landing #live

I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy. ↗

— Steve Zahn

#covered #cut #everything #flower #garden

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#akron #areas #average #between #certain

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #biological #birth #cannot #eighteen