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Quote by Wendell Berry
I think the issues of identity mostly are poppycock. We are what w

I think the issues of identity mostly are poppycock. We are what we have done, which includes our promises, includes our hopes, but promises first. – 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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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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positive
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. – Wendell Berry

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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. – Chinese Proverb

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You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat. – Deborah Boliver Boehm

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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know ones own mind. – Francis H. Bradley

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Identity

I used to take myself very seriously, now its all just funny. You gotta laugh at yourself. You know, most of the time when somethings a big deal for us, its only become a big deal in the space between our ears. – Gillian Anderson

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Identity

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We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. – H. L. Mencken

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Poetry is not always words. – Terri Guillemets, “Moonglow over the mountain,” 1991

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I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious. – Donna Shalala

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If I can create some space that people havent experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, thats the kind of structure I seek to create. – Tadao Ando

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