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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

tags: darwinism, evolution, ideology, obtuseness, understanding

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“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: earth, heaven, heavenly, nature

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“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
― Euripides

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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
― Hippocrates

tags: food, health, medicine

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“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
― Richard Shaull, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

tags: education

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Oly Reads — 203 members — last activity Apr 24, 2014 08:49AM
You: 1. Live or have lived in Olympia, Washington 2. Like to read 3. Have opinions about the books you read

The Feminist Readers' Network — 1000 members — last activity Feb 05, 2023 06:50AM
A space for people interested in and supportive of feminism, feminist literature, and feminist theory.

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Join us for book discussions on veganism, animal rights, and/or social justice!

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A group to share and discuss vegan cookbooks and related resources.

PoMo and Surreal Fiction Book Club — 152 members — last activity Mar 05, 2026 12:30PM
This book club is dedicated to people who enjoy surreal and post-modern fiction and would like to explore and read a new title monthly or bi-monthly. ...more

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