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It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is – something that we must hold in our arms and care for.

Margaret Mead

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.
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Answer Country Listening Need Oneself Place Question Voice Wait
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
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Admit Human Measurement Personal Success
Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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Invention Old System War
Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire.
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Death Myself Retirement
One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed.
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Believe Character Fix Tolerance Wrong
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.
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Choice Female History Male
There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Elder Experience Young
Between friends there is no bribery. The relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
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Beautiful Bribe Equality Friendship Relationship
We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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Destroy Environment Society
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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Change Government Institution Passion Problem Social Solution
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
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Man Mediocre Possible Woman
Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized as a new problem which is only partly solved.
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Children Learning Parents Problem Recognition Solution
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
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Liberty Man Philosophy Time Woman
You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
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Bed Care Learning Yourself
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
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Genuine Group Position Relation Society
Earth Day is the first holy day…and is devoted to the harmony of nature… The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.
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Calendar Day Harmony History Holy Nature Transcend

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