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“In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises.”

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Book:The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

Source: The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

“There is something about nature out of control that touches a primal terror. We are used to believing that we're the masters of our domain, and that God has given us this earth to rule over. We need this illusion like a good night-light.”

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Book:Two Classic Volumes from Robert R. McCammon

Source: Two Classic Volumes from Robert R. McCammon

“These mountains were given to us by the Great Chief so that we might never be depressed.”

Might Given Nature Mountain Chiefs

Author:David Daniels

“Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.”

Universe Given Nature Burning Transparent Frigid

Author:Albert Camus

“The point of the dragonfly's terrible lip, the giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows,is not that it all fits together like clockwork--for it doesn'tbut that it all flows so freely wild, like the creek, that it all surges in such a free, finged tangle. Freedom is the world's water and weather, the world's nourishment freely given, its soil and sap: and the creator loves pizzazz.”

“The President and first lady did hold a private party at the White House over the weekend, but given the private nature of that event, I don't have a lot of details to discuss from here.”

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Author:Josh Earnest

“We want to see oil and gas regulations on a continental basis given the integrated nature of this industry, with the current conditions in the oil and gas sector, this government will not consider unilateral regulation.”

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Author:Stephen Harper

“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.”