Able Quote by Frances Moore Lappé

“I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able.”

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If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is life serving.

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I never like to use those terms [like pessimistic].

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Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men.

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