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In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.

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Sylvia Earle
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 30
Biologist
Botanist
Explorer
Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Gibbstown
New Jersey
Sylvia Alice Earle
S.A.Earle
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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