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Quote by Barbara Kingsolver
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, wh

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. – Barbara Kingsolver

Other quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who dont care to dwell on what happens to the innocent. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Ive always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render. – Barbara Kingsolver

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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. – Theodore Roosevelt

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If youre not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you cant think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left. – Robert Sternberg

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Society is like a stew. If you dont stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. – Edward Abbey

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What is the use of a house if you havent got a tolerable planet to put it on? – Henry David Thoreau

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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

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My father is an amazing man. – Sherman Alexie

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