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All children are born geniuses 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups.
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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War is obsolete. We are not here to fight something or tear something down We are here to be the example of what is possible. Any sane individual will tell you that violence is ... not the way.
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... reform the environment and not man being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
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It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?
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