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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here. Margaret Atwood
Saying People Live Dealing Conditions Viable Which Planet Should Here Save
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues? Margaret Atwood
You Generation World Practice Luxuries Our Books Our Generation Paper Libraries Had Schools Venues Without How West Lack Teachers Many Lucky
'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. Margaret Atwood
Only Could Tale Names Wonder Different Happen Happened Different Names
The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village. Marshall McLuhan
Technology World Independence New Global Global Village Electronic Village Image
Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music. Maynard Ferguson
Music Change Wonderful Jazz About Always Wonderful Things Happening Jazz Music Things
I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it. Michael J. Fox
Angry You Lose Lost Point Know Because Smug Any Anything
Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them. Michael J. Fox
Good You Try Humility Circumstances Good Thing Sincere Come Deal Always Place Them Then Thing Humbled
The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking at the things I could change, like the way research is funded. Michael J. Fox
Change Looking Research Way One Thing Could Parkinson Like Understood Going The One Thing Moment Thing Things Started
I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground! Natasha Henstridge
Old Fly Too High Never Never Forget Firmly Days Feet Fixed Forget Old Days Ground
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time. Nathan Fillion
Life Time You Attentive Reacting Makes Doing Improv Listen Which Much Acting Moment Actor Present
Something comes along and you have to jump on and do it. You can't stop until it's done. Neil Young
You Something Along Until Jump Done Stop
Live music is better. Neil Young
Music Better Live Live Music
Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record. Neil Young
Today Music Eyes People Closed Back Record Go Lot Sell Commercial Trying Listened Crap Then Images
The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together. Neil Young
Music Together Generation Power First Times Them Used Bind
No matter what your choices are, you truly have no control about what people think of you. Neve Campbell
You People Matter Control Think No Control About Truly Choices Your
I read the 'Twilight' books before the movie and the whole craze happened. And then I loved it. I was in love with Edward before every other girl that says she's in love with him was. Because I read them a long time ago shooting a movie in Salt Lake City, and one of Stephenie Meyer's friends said, 'Make sure you read my friend's book.' Nina Dobrev
Love Time You Book Girl Long Long Time Before Salt Every Other Books Says City Long Time Ago She Make Him Read Sure Because Said Edward Friend Friends Salt Lake City Shooting Movie Happened Loved Lake Them Then Whole Twilight
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. Norm MacDonald
Funny You Comedy Somebody Laugh Make Surprises Intending
One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not. Orlando Aloysius Battista
You Experience Enemy Feeling Lasting Pleasures He Over Most Knows Genuinely Forgive Whether
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. Orlando Aloysius Battista
Love Others Alive Tell Weakness Most Greatest How How Much While Them Much Humans
Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don't empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love. Paul Bloom
Love Hope Future Best Family Appreciation Humanity People Impossible Value Strangers Think Our Distant Those Lies Fact Empathize Instead Get Same Even Lives
I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. Paul Martin
Rights People Law Liberties Rise Support Protected Equals Canada Which Land Treated
I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch. Petra Collins
Angry You Emotions Gender Think One-Dimensional Horrendous Having More Emotion Masculine Hysterical Witch Female Historically Than Norms Being Psycho Depressed Choice Means Show Showing Zero
The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live. Phil Hartman
Live Characters One Thing Voices Except Could Weird Call The One Thing Really Saturday Thing Saturday Night Saturday Night Live Night
To become a superstar, it's not only the voice. You have to have all these things: talent, determination, be ready to work, ready to understand. Rene Angelil
Work You Determination Become Only Voice Superstar Talent Understand Ready Things
There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. Robertson Davies
Time Stupidity Will Every Society Weapon Some Doctrine Make Nonsense Communal Gross Defend
Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. Robertson Davies
Time Be Happy Happy Fool Only Expects
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