"We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling."

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"We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling."

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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

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"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"

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"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

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"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

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"Large families are communities unto their own."

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"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

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"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

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"You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member."

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