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Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
R. Buckminster Fuller
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 12
Died: 1983
Died: July 1
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Milton
Massachusetts
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Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world-and if each of us is freed up to give our unique gift, the world will be in total harmony.
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If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
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