Bigs Quote by Frances Moore Lappé

“The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.” quote by Frances Moore Lappé — Download Open image

“The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.”

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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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My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back and see…

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

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What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping out other species, spoiling our nest. Yet on every continent a revolution in human dignity is emerging. It is re-knitting community and our ties to the earth. So we do have a choice. We can…

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