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The question is not whether there is intelligent life out there, the question is, whether there is intelligent life down here. As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.
Jacque Fresco
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Jacque Fresco
Age: 101 †
Born: 1916
Born: March 13
Died: 2017
Died: May 18
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You know that you can't go out there and change the world tomorrow morning. It just takes time, and the realization of that does not produce frustration. What produces frustration, is when you expect the world to join with your cause it's so reasonable. It is not reasonable to unreasonable people.
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Merely complaining without proposing an alternative offers nothing.
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