977 private quotes tagged nature

“Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.” — Xun Zi

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“I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.” — Arthur Erickson

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“It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.” — Karen Armstrong

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“I have a bit of a rebellious nature.” — John Cusack

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“Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.” — Werner Heisenberg

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“I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.” — Willie Stargell

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“Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.” — Lauryn Hill

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“French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.” — Kristin Scott Thomas

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“Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.” — Baruch Spinoza

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“Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.” — Manolo Blahnik

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“Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.” — Alfred North Whitehead

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“The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.” — Leon Trotsky

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“In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.” — Thomas Hobbes

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“There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.” — Charles Eastman

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“Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!” — Taslima Nasrin

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“Human nature is what Heaven supplies.” — Xun Zi

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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — John Lubbock

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“It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.” — Amy Grant

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“All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.” — Frances Wright

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“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.” — Hamlin Garland

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“Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.” — Peter Ustinov

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“The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.” — Dee Dee Myers

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“The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.” — Empedocles

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“Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.” — Xun Zi

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“We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.” — George Lincoln Rockwell

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