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People Quotes by Wallace Stegner
- But however you might rebel, there was no shedding them. They were your responsibility and there was no one to relieve you of them. They…
- Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he’s far down enough (down…
- Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed We need wilderness preserved — as…
- We need wilderness preserved-as much of it as is still left, and as many kinds-because it was the challenge against which our character as a…
- It is the abiding concern of thinking people to preserve what keeps men human-to save our contact with nature of which we are a part.
- A western buckaroo, I share his scorn for people who go camping by the book, relying on the authority of some half-assed assistant scoutmaster whose…
- A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
- Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that wild…
- Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?
- Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe…
- Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.
- Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do…
- Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin…
- Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... so that never again can…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle