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My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.

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The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action.
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