#nat

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#every #every time #explanation #looking #machiavelli

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life. ↗

— Julie Benz

#either #i #ice #life #only

There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#average #differently #encounters #fan #fanatical

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. ↗

— Patty Berg

#concentration #dedication #desire #determination #does

At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold into my body, waking the bones. I hear them deep inside me, whispering oh what is that beautiful thing that just happened? ↗

— Mary Oliver

#beauty

We are all naturally xenophobic. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#xenophobic

This concern, feebly called 'love of nature', seemed to Shevek to be something much broader than love. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#love #nature #death

I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#i #i do #just #man #nature

When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

#alienated #alienation #colleagues #contact #feelings

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa? ↗

— Marion Berry

#am #because #city #deny #i