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Any action, like any act of magic, is in some sense an act of faith ... I've seen the desert bloom, the flower that emerges from the barest hint of water, and I know the power of life will rise, stubborn and persistent to be renewed. May our actions be the wind that brings the rain.

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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
Environmentalist
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Miriam Simos
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