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I decided to pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival.

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.
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