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

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Hope
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I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I cant imagine what kind of writer Id be if I didnt have my kids. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Future
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Society
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Society

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that Im a good person to society. Thats hard. The talent, thats a gift. I just came here like that. – Erykah Badu

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Society

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited its less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. – Bill Gates

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Society

I cant imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. – Madeleine Albright

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Society

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Im not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good. – Jon Heder

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Pharmaceutical companies will soon rule the world if we keep letting them believe that we are a happy, functional society so long as all the women are on Prozac, all children on Ritalin, and all men on Viagra. – Terri Guillemets, “Getting by with a little help,” 1998

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Medical

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor – herbs and spices – to everything because I dont want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment – they dont have to love everything, but they do have to try it. – Alison Sweeney

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Ive always tried to do my best on the ball field. I cant do any more than that. I always try to give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day. – Jesse Barfield

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