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If we are to find our way across troubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have moved beyond despair and inertia.

Marilyn Ferguson

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Marilyn Ferguson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 5
Died: 2008
Died: October 19
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Grand Junction
Colorado
Beyond
Troubled
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Waters
Water
Served
Better
Bridges
Find
Despair
Way
Across
Moved
Built
Inertia

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