Hard TimesOne worth keeping
“When the buzzards start circlin' the woodlot, the fight's already lost.”
A report namin' Colombia and Brazil deadliest for environmental activists means the killin's gone on long enough for the vultures to settle in.
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All Hard Times →A tough job that only gets done one painful foot at a time.
Fend for yourself, because nobody's coming to feed you.
Can't take from someone what they simply don't have.
Life alternates between hitting and being hit.
Everything's going wrong in both directions at once.
Fix it, stretch it, or learn to live with the hole.