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I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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Spectacular Vices Virtue
Mind is the antithesis of reflex, and only mind could discover mind
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Antithesis Mind Reflexes
on first priority in design consideration is the full realization of individual potential in order to reach the second derivative full realization for all individuals
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Design Order Priorities
Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat.
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Feet Firsts Mistakes Repeat
People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.
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Light People Ships
There is no such thing as genius, some children are just less damaged than others.
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Children Damage Genius
Never show unfinished work.
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Shows Unfinished Work
Topology is the science of fundamental pattern and structural relationships of event constellations.
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Events Fundamental Pattern
… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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Giving Men Reform
Pollution is merely a resource that isn’t being used properly.
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Pollution Resources Used
The assumption is that the inevitability of a solution’s realization is inherent in the interaction of human intellect and the constantly transformative evolution of physical universe.
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Assumption Evolution Realization
And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.
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Challenge Change Difference Matter Person
If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to be productive, but not at those tasks they did not choose to do but were forced to accept in order to earn money.
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Order Survival Tasks
It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?
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Change Degrees Diminishing Question
Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.
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Determine Initiative Self Spring
Our power is in our ability to decide.
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Ability Power Success