Gary Paul Nabhan quotes
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“A seed is really something spiritual as much as it is something material. It contains a life spark that allows the regenerative process to happen. We need seeds because they are the physical manifestation of that concept that we call hope.”
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“We have reached the end of the road that is built on the set of traits held out for male identity--advance at any cost, pay any price, drive out all competitors, and kill them if necessary.... we have arrived at a point from which we must seek a basis of faith in connection-- and not only faith but recognition that it is a requirement for the existence of human beings.”
-- Gary Paul NabhanSource : Gary Paul Nabhan (1994). “The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places”, Beacon Press (MA)
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“We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is the best way we can stay in touch with the fates of its creatures, its indigenous cultures, its earthbound wisdom. That is the best way we can be in touch with ourselves.”
-- Gary Paul NabhanSource : Gary Paul Nabhan (1994). “The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places”, Beacon Press (MA)
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“Eating is perhaps the most direct way we acknowledge or deny the sacredness of the earth.”
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“If you send it halfway around the world before it is eaten, an organic food still may be 'good' for the consumer, but is it 'good' for the food system?”
-- Gary Paul NabhanSource : Gary Paul Nabhan (2002). “Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods”, p.47, W. W. Norton & Company
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“A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.”
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“An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.”
Source : "A Long Time Coming". Interview with Rob Hart, chuckpalahniuk.net. August 27, 2008.
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“We always talk about being a spark and swinging the momentum of the game and that swung it.”
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