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The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception.

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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
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Israel Ehrenberg
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Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the person. As such, the teaching of love should be the central core of all early childhood curriculum with all other subjects growing naturally out of such teaching.
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The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity.
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Stand still, close your eyes and listen in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.
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The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.
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The majority of people believe in incredible things which are absolutely false. The majority of people daily act in a manner prejudicial to their general well-being.
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The only measure of what you believe is what you do.
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The loving touch, like music, often utters the things that cannot be spoken.
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... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
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I want to die young at a ripe old age.
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