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People do things which I find quite amazing - things I would never have done and can't understand very well.

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Bill Mollison
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 4
Died: 2016
Died: September 24
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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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Use all the skills you have in relation to others - and that way we can do anything.
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If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.
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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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