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We face the question whether a still higher “standard of living” is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949

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As prosperity is promoted, thinking is demoted. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Pearls around the neck – stones upon the heart. – Hanan J. Ayalti, Yiddish Proverbs, 1949

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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. – Bill Vaughan

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So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. – Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879

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Ive had great success being a total idiot. – Jerry Lewis

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I enjoy my relationship with straight men. Its very nurturing. Its very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school. – Kyan Douglas

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