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Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order.

Barbara Marx Hubbard

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Barbara Marx Hubbard
Age: 89 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 22
Died: 2019
Died: April 10
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the United States of America
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