Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked. — Frances Moore Lappé Blocked Copy Share Image
Science is showing us that we are even more connected to each other than we ever realized. — Frances Moore Lappé Connected Copy Share Image
We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways. — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals Copy Share Image
History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches. — Frances Moore Lappé History Copy Share Image
much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.). — Frances Moore Lappé Agriculture Copy Share Image
If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is… — Frances Moore Lappé Free Copy Share Image
I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Answers Copy Share Image
We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need."… — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals Copy Share Image
We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop';… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is… — Frances Moore Lappé Decision Copy Share Image
[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. — Frances Moore Lappé Causes Copy Share Image
What is different and exciting is how much we have learned. We learned we were right that we don't need the chemical… — Frances Moore Lappé Agriculture Copy Share Image
The good life may mean doing some things that do not feel comfortable. It may mean sitting long hours just with yourself… — Frances Moore Lappé Comfortable Copy Share Image
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing… — Frances Moore Lappé Alive Copy Share Image
This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose… — Frances Moore Lappé Choice Copy Share Image
Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not… — Frances Moore Lappé Born Copy Share Image
On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But… — Frances Moore Lappé Beauty Copy Share Image
What we see today is a world movement represented by the World Social Forum, involving all sorts of interactions across cultures, not… — Frances Moore Lappé Community Copy Share Image
My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back… — Frances Moore Lappé Aging Copy Share Image
I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem-and eating some of it doesn't directly… — Frances Moore Lappé Balance Copy Share Image
I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with… — Frances Moore Lappé Bedroom Copy Share Image
We evolved to be problem-solvers, to create, to be choosers of our own future! — Frances Moore Lappé Future Copy Share Image
Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action. — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
When we say we have "hit the limits," we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we… — Frances Moore Lappé Destruction Copy Share Image
Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with… — Frances Moore Lappé Care Copy Share Image
I also believe that it's almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
If we start with "limits" and a premise of scarcity and fear, it makes us fearful of each other, and that makes… — Frances Moore Lappé Democratic Copy Share Image
A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have… — Frances Moore Lappé Dessert Copy Share Image
Individuality doesn't just mean individualism-standing alone. It means developing one's unique gifts, and being able to share them for the enjoyment of… — Frances Moore Lappé Able Copy Share Image
Humans need to feel effective - to feel that we can "make a dent," as he puts it. So the art of… — Frances Moore Lappé Appropriate Copy Share Image
Little wonder that it can seem unthinkable to say "no, thanks" to the modern-day equivalent of our tribe - our fear-driven culture. — Frances Moore Lappé Culture Copy Share Image
What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far… — Frances Moore Lappé Finite Copy Share Image
That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to… — Frances Moore Lappé Happened Copy Share Image
The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. — Frances Moore Lappé Direct Copy Share Image
How we frame the world - how we talk about it and define it - affects how we see things and how… — Frances Moore Lappé World Copy Share Image
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