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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
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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The impossible happens.
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To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.
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For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the 'more with less' technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.
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Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.
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A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
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Fire is the Sun unwinding from the tree's log.
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I'm not trying to copy Nature, I'm trying to find the principles she's using.
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Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts.
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There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn't enough, so they get as much as they can, so many people don't have enough.
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I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.
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I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
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Our brains deal exclusively with special-case experiences.
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Man is designed to be a comprehensivist .
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