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Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#cost #cover #divorced #economics #economists

Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward. ↗

— William Wilberforce

#forward #go #heaven #man #once

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#always #choose #climb #continue #first

We need to forgive ourselves and everyone else for NOT being perfect. ↗

— Linda Masemore Pirrung

#romantic-suspense #forgiveness

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#control #destiny #determined #fate #firm

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#along #dead #easy #enough #everything

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#back #few #kick #miles #only

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#choose #comes #connoisseur #heart #like

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day! ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#art #bay #care #cunning #dart

Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me. ↗

— Larry Wilcox

#along #another #back #beach #being