"Keeping your head above the water only works if the air is clean."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Survival, Cleanliness, Air, Life

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"A whale has nowhere to hide in a river."

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"A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect."

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"The rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries."

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"There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect."

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"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."

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"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Survival, Evolution, Glory, Poor

"Sometimes the very things that we're expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let's die so that we can live."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Survival, Life, Death, Faith, Truth

"There is time for a fight and a time for a flight, knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death."

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"Being kidnapped and abused by the undead was worse than calculus, but not by a wide margin."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

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"Adaptation is the key to survival."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"A whale has nowhere to hide in a river."

"A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect."

"The rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries."

"There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect."

"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."

"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."

"Sometimes the very things that we're expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let's die so that we can live."

"There is time for a fight and a time for a flight, knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death."

"Being kidnapped and abused by the undead was worse than calculus, but not by a wide margin."

"Adaptation is the key to survival."

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