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I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

Grace Paley

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Grace Paley
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 11
Died: 2007
Died: August 21
Activist
Teacher
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Civilization
Philosophy
Education
Body
Persons
Soma
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Educate
Believe
Senses
Medicine

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I didn't intend. The word intend is the wrong word for what I do. It's just that it's something you do, and you can't not do. If you want to do it, and you don't intend to, you do it anyway. The word intend is wrong. The word pressure is right. It's like any art form.
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In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.
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