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The Earth Has Rights, Too
“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.” ~ Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
Bleak Midwinter
“In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.” ~ Christina Rossetti, Poet 1830-1894
Similar But Different
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Margaret Atwood
Behold, my friends, the spring is come; ~ Sitting Bull
Christina Rossetti Poem: Changing Seasons
“January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny June Brings longest day; In scorched July The storm-clouds fly, Lightning-torn; August bears corn, September fruit; In rough October Earth must disrobe her; Stars fall and shoot In keen November; And night is …
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Pets – Anne Tyler
Humanity
Quote ~ Nhat Hanh
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the …
For Instance ~ Douglas Adams
Wireless
When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts. ~Nikola Tesla
Earth
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. -Arthur C. Clarke
Art
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Earth
Take away love and our earth is a tomb. -Robert Browning
If A Man Walks In The Woods…..
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. ~Henry …
Aldo Leopold ~ We Abuse Land…
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Kurt Vonnegut Quote
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Quote From Kurt Vonnegut’s Book, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
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Stephen Hawking
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture a little old lady at …
Rosa Parks
“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.” – Rosa Parks http://www.bquot.es/s/3103
For All Those That Dread Or Hate Mondays
‘Recent Measurements of Pluto and Charon Obtained by New Horizons’ image
Anthony Trollope Quote
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‘Orion Spring’ image
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‘Earths Changing Vista’s’ image
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‘Atlas V Launches MMS’ image
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‘A Double Eclipse of the Sun’ image
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‘Northern Equinox Eclipse’ image
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Rain Is Grace
John Updike Novelist Born: March 18, 1932 – Died: January 27, 2009
Libraries
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” -Andrew Carnegie
Birds
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Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. Will Rogers
Water
“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness. “ –Laozi http://tinyurl.com/wizquotes
Society
Equal Rights
Happy Birds
It’s early Saturday evening, and in an hour, the sun will be setting at 8:24 PM. Have the windows open, the baseball game is on the TV, and the best part is, the numerous birds all happy and chipper as they are tweeting away in one massive chorus. Sitting here listening to the birds, they …
Mother Nature
It seems that mother nature has a problem. The problem is, she must have a very itchy scalp. With all the dandruff falling from the sky above, it looks like she needs a good shampooing, with a good rinsing. Then a apply some conditioning, then rinse and repeat. Now, all this dandruff is landing on …
Paradise
From the email inbox: When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, “I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all …
We
We eat We cook We drink We sleep We talk We walk We read We go to school We study We work We play We travel We write We type We draw We watch TV We go to movies We drive We fly We ride We discuss We argue We laugh We smile We cry …
If the bee disappears……
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My definition of a philosopher …..
My definition of a philosopher is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down. — Louisa May Alcott
Earth provides enough ….
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. — Mahatma Gandhi
Hard to find anything lovelier …..
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Abstract Faces
Does It Rain In Australia?
If People Walk In The Woods For The Love… Henry David Thoreau
If people walk in the woods for the love of them half of each day, they are in danger of being regarded as loafers; but if they spend their whole days as speculators, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, they are esteemed industrious and enterprising citizens. As if a town …
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Did You Know: Japan’s Okinawa Island Has More Than 450 People…
Cotton Fitzsimmons
You’re not going to make me have a bad day. If there’s oxygen on earth and I’m breathing, it’s going to be a good day. Cotton Fitzsimmons
Heaven Is Hotter Than Hell
Earth Orbiting Solar System
A Pondering Mind 
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