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title: "3 Central Issues Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Time has driven out sex and money as the central issues. Now if it could only drive out the issue of power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-houston/time-has-driven-out-sex-and-money-as-the-central-issues-now-if-it/)

[Jean Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-houston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/jean-houston-7414_driven_time-has-driven-out-sex-and-money-as-the_240876.png)

> [“Make poverty, sickness, and death central issues in the contract," he says, "it's no wonder the divorce rate is fifty percent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-jensen/make-poverty-sickness-and-death-central-issues-in-the-contract-he/)

[Melissa Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-jensen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/melissa-jensen-1612_death_make-poverty-sickness-and-death-central_372960.jpg)

> [If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-paton/if-you-wrote-a-novel-in-south-africa-which-didn-t-concern-the-central/)

[Alan Paton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-paton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/alan-paton-6865_books_if-you-wrote-a-novel-in-south-africa-whi_909195.jpg)

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