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title: "2 Brain Hours Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“Frying-Pan Jack and I were in that camp, that's where he said to me, he'd been tramping since 1927, 'I told myself in '27, if I cannot dictate the conditions of my labor, I will henceforth cease to work.' You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp-that-s-where-he-said-to-me-he/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [Human enhancement is now being driven by military imperatives, at least in the US, because civilian society is more conservative in its approach. It’s a missed opportunity for a society-wide push to understand and reduce our need to power the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessa-gamble/human-enhancement-is-now-being-driven-by-military-imperatives-at/)

[Jessa Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessa-gamble/)

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