Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us. – Winona LaDuke
Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it’s a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn’t pave the world – it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water. – Thomas Friedman
My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They’re not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I’ve started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to. – Tinie Tempah
The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I’d be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby. – Vin Diesel
You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot. – Victoria Pratt
I think there are so many books out there written on relationships and romance that women are the authors of. How can women know exactly how men think? And there are so many guys out there with relationship books who are just not telling the truth. They have shaded parts. – Steve Harvey
Usually, with me, the project is always the second thing. The film-maker comes first. Films grow out of the relationship. – Tilda Swinton
The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. – Stanislav Grof
The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration. – Ta-Nehisi Coates
The erosion of extended family concept and losing out on values are the two things that are primarily responsible for the growing mismatch in the parent-child relationship. – Shiv Khera
Rather than diminishing the idea of ‘truly needing’ a relationship – and trying to deny it, shame it, or talk ourselves out of it – why not just celebrate it? It’s exactly what the world needs. – Tracy McMillan
I can’t deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It’s a conscious thing; it’s a common-sense thing. – Taylor Swift
I feel there’s a power in theatre, but it’s an indirect power. It’s like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you can’t afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about. – Tony Kushner
Everything that went on in my life… it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by that I mean my son and to have that relationship with my son to give me that quiet confidence that I needed as a mother and as a woman. Now with Brooklyn, I am just so at ease; I am so comfortable. – Vanessa Lachey
Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light. – Taylor Swift
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance. – William F. Buckley, Jr.
I have this almost obsessive desire to whomever is close to me: I want to have a very intense, close, intimate relationship with them. – Susanne Bier
I know Bo Xilai well. But our relationship was based on our work; we didn’t have a personal relationship. – Wang Jianlin
I don’t know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal and love from a normal place and live a normal life, but there is sort of an abnormal magnifying glass, like telescope lens, on everything that happens. – Taylor Swift
I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that’s never been my experience in a relationship. I think it’s much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes. – Whitney Cummings
People don’t really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it. – Steven Moffat
You have nothing if you’re texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push ‘reply all.’ I mean, since we’re lying, we might as well lie to everybody. – Steve Harvey
Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. Our hope is that those who are passionate about real musicianship will want to hear and own most of our albums. We will set out to attain the same direct relationship with our customers that we have with our artists. – Steve Vai
I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic. – Tori Spelling
There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don’t have with anybody else, but that’s not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. – Ziggy Marley
Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others’ expectations can be avoided. – Tina Weymouth
Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There’s always something. – Will Cuppy
I have no plans to go public if I get into a relationship. I will do my best to safeguard the privacy of the person I love and respect her feelings. – Song Joong-ki
The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings. – Spike Jonze