Lanza Del Vasto Quotes

#1. It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion.

Warren Rudman

#2. In the practice of any craft, we are less concerned with the quantity of the product than with its quality, and less concerned with the product than with the artisan.

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#3. Then Paul bends over me, cradles me in his arms, as if he's sheltering me from the whole world. I close my eyes, and despite everything, I think I've never felt so safe.

Claudia Gray

#4. Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands, and the mouth.

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#5. The most efficient action, the most significant testimony to nonviolence, is living a life in which there is no violence-showing that such a life is possible, and even not more difficult than a life of gain, nor more unpleasant than a life of pleasure, nor less natural than an 'ordinary' life.

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#6. You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.

Haruki Murakami

#7. If upper management found out, they'd send you off to the Probing Department.

Lee Davidson

#8. The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

Robert J. Sawyer

#9. You want a better, more fraternal, more just world? Well then, start building it: Who is stopping you? Build it inside yourself and around you, build it with those who want it. Build it small, and it will grow.

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#10. It's a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi's work. Alas, we haven't worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don't think I've missed many of his great shows and performances.

Ian McKellen

#11. I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

#12. Redheads are said to be children of the moon, thwarted by the sun and addicted to sex and sugar.

Tom Robbins

#13. The breath of springtime at this twilight hour
Comes through the gathering glooms,
And bears the stolen sweets of many a flower
Into my silent rooms.

William C. Bryant

#14. Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

Grady Booch

#15. Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Martin Amis

#16. The machine enslaves, the hand sets free.

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#17. Nobody was born nonviolent. No one was born charitable. None of us comes to these things by nature but only by conversion. The first duty of the nonviolent community is helping its members work upon themselves and come to conversion.

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#18. Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.

Victoria Pratt

#19. A peacemaker does not mean a peaceful person.

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