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Why are solutions not just as newsworthy as problems? The notion that hostility is necessary all the time to create interest and news is not going to help us [humanity] come to agreements and solve the huge problems we have.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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