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> [Set the basketball on the kitchen table. Open a cupboard, get out a bottle of sesame seeds, and place a single seed beside the basketball. If you were to reduce the Earth to the size of a basketball, all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ashworth/set-the-basketball-on-the-kitchen-table-open-a-cupboard-get-out-a/)

William Ashworth

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## More by William Ashworth

> [Set the basketball on the kitchen table. Open a cupboard, get out a bottle of sesame seeds, and place a single seed beside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ashworth/set-the-basketball-on-the-kitchen-table-open-a-cupboard-get-out-a/)

William Ashworth

> [I go now to the wilderness to be a part of it; to accept my place in the world and its place in me;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ashworth/i-go-now-to-the-wilderness-to-be-a-part-of-it-to-accept-my-place-in/)

William Ashworth

> [Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ashworth/children-of-a-culture-born-in-a-water-rich-environment-we-have-never/)

William Ashworth

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