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Jeremy Bentham

"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."

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"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."

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Amber Hurdle

"People bond themselves into families and groups for protection, and strangers...strangers are always at risk."

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"When Annie's treatin, you best be eatin."

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Amber Hurdle

"I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it."

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Amber Hurdle

"...there's never a garden in all the parish but what there's endless waste in it for want o' somebody as could use everything up. It's what I think to myself sometimes, as there need nobody run short o' victuals if the land was made the most on, and there was never a morsel but what could find it's way to a mouth."

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Amber Hurdle

"My People: Prepared and never scared, fueled by faith in a sea of despair - we rise and we shine, 'cause it's like that'!"

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Amber Hurdle

"I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack."

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Amber Hurdle

"Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others."

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Amber Hurdle

"Your solution is in the next person."

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Amber Hurdle

"The real safety net of life is community, family and nature."

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"Treat others with respect and you will always be wealthy, because your community is your real currency."

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"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""
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