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> [For though we may be the Earth's gardeners, we are also its weeds. And we won't get anywhere until we come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/for-though-we-may-be-the-earth-s-gardeners-we-are-also-its-weeds-and/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [The war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/the-war-made-possible-for-us-the-solution-of-a-whole-series-of/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

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> [We are at once the problem and the only possible solution to the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/we-are-at-once-the-problem-and-the-only-possible-solution-to-the/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levering-lewis/in-the-course-of-his-long-turbulent-career-w-e-b-du-bois-attempted/)

[David Levering Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levering-lewis/)

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> [I would like to ask each of you: Would you be in favor of some kind of education on birth control and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/i-would-like-to-ask-each-of-you-would-you-be-in-favor-of-some-kind-of/)

[Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/)

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> [Perhaps I should say that in general there are three solutions to such a situation. I mean not only in Holland, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-elias/perhaps-i-should-say-that-in-general-there-are-three-solutions-to/)

[Norbert Elias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-elias/)

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