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The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to… — Steven Callahan Copy Share Image
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UG [universal grammar] may be regarded as a characterization of the genetically determined language faculty. One may think of thisfaculty as a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everyone—all of us, every last person on God’s earth—deserves decent shelter. It speaks to the most basic of human needs—our home—the soil… — Millard Fuller Copy Share Image
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everyone who is human has something to express. Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours and see what happens. You will nearly… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
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