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I think we probably have a racial death wish. We don't understand anything about where we live, and we don't want to.
Bill Mollison
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Bill Mollison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 4
Died: 2016
Died: September 24
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The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.
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You should never have gotten to the stage where you could see the last ancient forests! Just get out of there right now, because the lessons you need to learn are there. That's the last place you'll find those lessons readable.
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I believe humanity is a pretty interesting lot, and they're all really busy doing and thinking interesting things.
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If you're dealing with an assembly of biological systems, you can bring the things together, but you can't connect them.
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Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.
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