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If you don't fix the road, you can't fix the creek.

It’s not about money at all. We made that up. How come of all the creatures … only one of them is dumb enough to pay rent.

Friends are always telling me I have too many trees. Obviously friends like these are expendable.

Well done is better than well said.

These loaves were baked in brick ovens, out of doors, and some of them looked as big as peck measures. A slice cut from one of them and smeared thick with that delicious apple butter was a feast fit for gods or men.

I don’t know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense.

For the oppressed, peace is the absence of oppression. For the oppressor, peace is the absence of resistance.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

So you go out and plant some native trees, and that turns human beings into what we're supposed to be, which is stewards and managers of the land rather than single-use occupants.

I will tell you the absolute secret of magic, at the most honest level. The secret of magic is you would not be willing to work as hard as we are, and that’s the whole secret.

There’s never been a more interesting time to be confused about almost everything in the news.

Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

Be persistent. Keep coming back. Be the case of the lice in the kindergarten class — they can't get rid of you.