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> [The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with his observations, but that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/the-highest-compliment-one-can-give-a-writer-is-not-to-say-that-one/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [“...I found myself questioning many assumptions about 'nature' and 'wilderness' that were common in conservation at the time. Were all introduced species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-marris/i-found-myself-questioning-many-assumptions-about-nature-and/)

[Emma Marris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-marris/)

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> [Trusting relationship does not mean the absence of questioning assumptions.But the absence of questions would definitely means the presence of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/trusting-relationship-does-not-mean-the-absence-of-questioning/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-creative-individual-has-the-capacity-to-free-himself-from-the-web/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

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