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The juke joint, the honky tonk, and the ballroom also represent one more thing, anthropologically speaking: a ceremonial context for the male-with-female-duet dance flirtation and embrace, upon which the zoological survival of the human species has always been predicated.
- Albert Murray
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I decided to go and find India on my own. So, I hired a cab for a drive round old Delhi. I was knocked off center by the sheer energy that goes into daily survival.
- Art Malik
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I think we're probably more unified than ever before because we're in a battle for survival. Not only for survival as the Republican Party, but survival of the check and balance system in our government.
- Bill Scott
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When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
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That larger story in 'Salvage the Bones' is just about survival, and I think that, in the end, there are things about this novel and about these characters' experiences that make their stories universal stories.
- Jesmyn Ward
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A healthy ocean is not a luxury item. It is a necessity for survival. And taking care of the ocean means taking care of ourselves.
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
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If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the 'survival of the fittest?'
- Josiah Strong
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Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not.
- Sebastian Junger
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I don't concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight narrative that involves strife, heroism, and survival under difficult circumstances.
- Hampton Sides
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Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide.
- Jack Schwartz
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In Afghanistan, getting shot at was a regular occurrence. I viewed survival as a numbers game. As point man, every time I entered a Taliban compound first, I played the odds in my head.
- Ant Middleton
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It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.
- Joy Bryant
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My family and I participate in 'Cycle for Survival.' it was started by a friend of my wife's who lost his wife to a rare form of cancer.
- Brian Krzanich
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Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.
- Rachel Dolezal
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I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.
- Vijay Deverakonda
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I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK.
- Koo Stark
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I guess what I find interesting is city folk are the least capable of survival of any human being.
- Andrew Schulz
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They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival.
- Jeremy Rifkin
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I'm absolutely positive about human survival. We will continue to develop our civilisation and expand not just on Earth, but also across the solar system, the galaxy, even the entire universe.
- Liu Cixin
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Preventative medicine has to be the direction we go in. For example, if colon cancer is detected early - because a person knew he had a genetic risk and was having frequent exams - the surgery is relatively inexpensive and average survival is far greater than 10 years.
- Craig Venter
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Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.
- Rebecca Solnit
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Credibility is a basic survival tool.
- Rebecca Solnit
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That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.
- Mary McDonnell
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High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.
- Martin Filler
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I think it is essential for Israel's survival as a Jewish and democratic state that we end the status quo. The preferred way to end the status quo would be on the basis of a two-state solution. We don't want the Palestinians to be citizens of Israel, nor do we want them to be subjects.
- Michael Oren
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Imagination is an instrument of survival.
- Rogier van der Heide
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When I worked in the city, it was about survival. Now when I work in the countryside, I feel like I'm truly living.
- Li Ziqi
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I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.
- John Yarmuth
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In the game of life, survival is only part of the battle.
- Gad Saad
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As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
- James Forrestal
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Throughout our history, our fight for survival and freedom has been empowered by a secret weapon: Our unity.
- Benny Gantz
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Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.
- Aslan Maskhadov
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You fight for certain roles, and you realise they're being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for survival and they need names and faces and ticket sales.
- Richard C. Armitage
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For me, a theme that's always circling around in my head - which is why I love the horror genre - is what we're ready to do for metaphorical and physical survival.
- Misha Green
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Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.
- Michael Badnarik
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The mountain gorilla faces grave danger of extinction - primarily because of the encroachments of native man upon its habitat - and neglect by civilized man, who does not conscientiously protect even the limited areas now allotted for the gorilla's survival.
- Dian Fossey
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
- Dan Aykroyd
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My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling.
- Dan Aykroyd
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I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled.
- David Rakoff
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Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
- Solomon Short
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Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.
- Lewis Mumford
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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
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I've always believed in survival.
- Hugh Leonard
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The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.
- Mo Udall
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I'm fascinated with worlds where there's a small population left, whether it's a movie or these TV shows that fascinate me - 'Falling Skies' or 'The Walking Dead' - they are about survival and triumphing over difficult times. I just have a thing for 'em.
- Cam Gigandet
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Robotics, manufacturing, medicine, farming, energy - all will be pushed to and beyond their limits and, by so doing, will advance at speeds far faster than without the impetus and challenge of opening a frontier - thus also raising the odds of survival in our favor.
- Rick Tumlinson
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There are a lot of comedians that were bullied and picked on, and that's why they became comedians. Survival of the fittest.
- Tiffany Haddish
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I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad.
- John Edward
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All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.
- Grace Paley
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To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
- Xavier Rudd
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There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.
- Steven Pinker
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For me, it was always survival. Learn where not to be at so you don't get shot. Learn where not to walk at so you don't get jumped. Learn who to stand up to, who not to stand up to. And then, when I got old enough to get a chip on my shoulder, I wanted to be the dog. I wanted to be the alpha.
- Brian Ortega
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I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.
- Jeff Hardy
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I am passionately invested in the survival of Israel and everything Israel represents. But I am extremely critical of much of its policy. I believe that the occupation must end. And if it doesn't, it will end Israel. I'm not in favor of settlements.
- Simon Schama
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As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.
- Linda Vester
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Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.
- Oliver Joseph Lodge
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
- Oliver Joseph Lodge
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Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
- Todd Solondz
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Humor - I see it as a survival skill.
- Jill McCorkle
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Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.
- Stanislav Grof
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Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.
- Simon Wiesenthal
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Working-class, blue-collar guys who volunteered for Vietnam were ascribed certain political beliefs. It's time that this was redressed. It had nothing to do with politics. Once these men got to Vietnam, it was a matter of survival.
- Michael Cimino
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'm really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.
- Dwight Yoakam
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Conspiracy theories themselves are big business, of course, selling books, videos, conferences, and all kinds of merch. Then there is the economy that promotes conspiracy theories to sell goods such as supplements, survival gear, and yes, bunkers.
- Annie Lowrey
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The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.
- Frank Lowy
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Finding shelter with nomads in the desert during summer was a matter of survival for me and my animals.
- Tim Cope
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Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.
- Jacque Fresco
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A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.
- Robert Gottlieb
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Surviving is not something you need to learn. You don't need to learn survival skills; you have them already. That's why we're here, all of us, because it's a game of survival anyway.
- Yossi Ghinsberg
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The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival.
- Albert Claude
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My survival case comes with a purpose and obligation, which is why I have launched Nadia's Initiative, an organisation dedicated to helping women and children who have been victimised... My initiative is trying to get support needed to get Sinjar rebuilt.
- Nadia Murad
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For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.
- Mo Yan
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I invented Christine as a survival technique. I was inspired by the idea that everyone could have a Christine inside to wake.
- Christine and the Queens
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Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.
- David Millar
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You have to have an attitude that nothing's gonna stop me. I think that's just my New York kind of attitude - survival of the fittest.
- Melissa De Sousa
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Astonishingly powerful and poignant, 'Gravity' is the rarest of rares: a space survival film informed by a genuine reverence for the awe-inspiring cosmos we inhabit.
- Nick Sagan
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I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm very proud of this: I moved to L.A. in October of 1997, but I never had a survival job in L.A. I was able to support myself with acting from the moment I got to town.
- Sean Gunn
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I always felt that I had anxiety of survival in terms of livelihood even when I was making plenty of money.
- Leonard Baskin
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What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.
- Steve Lacy
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In the 74 years and nearly four months marking her time on what she called this crooked old Earth, my mother rarely drew a healthy breath. Still, to say that life wasn't fair for this awkwardly glib, yet deeply religious woman, would fail to take into account her towering instinct for survival.
- Rodney Crowell
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Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.
- David Hackworth
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The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival.
- James J. Gibson
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The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our debts at a time that may be very inconvenient for our own survival.
- Norbert Wiener
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Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
- Bear Grylls
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When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home.
- Bear Grylls
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.
- Bear Grylls
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
- Bear Grylls
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Many people say that this is not an easy issue, we cannot just say that this is how it is, it's not black and white. But I say that this is black and white. Either we stop the emissions or we don't. There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.
- Greta Thunburg
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In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
- Kenichi Fukui
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
- Samuel Fuller
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When I read about how 200 people died on a polar expedition, I wonder why they didn't get to know the Inuit people who were around and presumably know something about surviving in the Arctic after living there for thousands of years. Talking to people is a survival mechanism.
- Tim Cahill
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My biggest inspiration has been life for me. Basic survival has been my biggest teacher. Surviving in Mumbai for so many years has been a huge ordeal.
- Neeraj Kabi
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Entrepreneurship is like a computer game in which you have to master every level before achieving success. Startups repeatedly stumble and have to go back to the drawing board. The best way to skip some levels and to increase the odds of survival is to learn from others who have already played the game.
- Vivek Wadhwa
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We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my legs, I wouldn't survive. In that situation, you kind of go into survival mode, and you find strength.
- Amy Purdy
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Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction.
- Robert Nozick
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Some day we'll move into space and start ensuring the survival of our species beyond Earth, whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand.
- Neil Turok
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Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.
- Michael Shermer
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In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
- Andrew Young
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Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone to the blues.
- Debra Granik
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