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The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it.…
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more…
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what…
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees,…
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Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a…
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is…
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon.
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I have kiddingly called it the 'Super Bowl,' which obviously can be improved upon.
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There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.
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For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other…
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I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved…
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Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching…
— Susan Orlean
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I think almost all strategic problems could at least be improved upon if people would do more careful game-theoretic analysis. The reason…
— Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.
— James Oliver
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Leadership is a daily lesson, that is not ever fully achieved, however improved upon with practice
— Unknown Author
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