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Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming

Why should conservationists have a positive interest in… farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat. – Wendell Berry

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It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that ought to break our hearts or scare us out of our wits. – Wendell Berry

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Death
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Wendell Berry
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The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it. – Wendell Berry

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Past
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Wendell Berry
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Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. – Wendell Berry

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Competition
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Wendell Berry
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I think Im the most positive guy still going in my generation, and Im out there to prove that. – Luther Allison

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positive

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I dont fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that arent a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch. – Clay Aiken

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positive

The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with. – Robert Nelson

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positive

It was a very emotional dinner… Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive. – Lil Kim

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positive

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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. Its a painful religion. Were all gluttons for punishment. – Madonna Ciccone

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Religion

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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Society

Tact is the intelligence of the heart. – Source Unknown

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Tact, Tactfulness

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative fight, flee – or laugh. – Robert Orben

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Humor