On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
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We're engaged in an expensive war overseas, we're spending more than we take in, and even the rosiest economic predictions forecast annual budget deficits in the range of 300 billion for years to come. It matters because our debt is a tax on our children, who'll have to repay with interest the money we are borrowing now. It also matters because deficit spending can also drive up interest rates, making it even harder on families already struggling to pay for health care and education.Mark Udall
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Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
Thomas Jefferson
I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul.
Joan Jett