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There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery. —Karl
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“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“In nature nothing exists alone.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Do you know why we have the sunflowers? It’s not because Vincent van Gogh suffered. It’s because Vincent van Gogh had a brother who loved him. Through all the pain, he had a tether, a connection to the world. And that is the focus of the story we need – connection.”
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“The poor stole what they could from the rich, and the rich stole what they could from the working poor - one act called crime, the other, industry”
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“A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
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