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Wavy Gravy Quote: “I had 500 kids at camp…”

I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.

October 27, 2021 1936, American, May 15, Quotes by Activists, Wavy Gravy

Malala Yousafzai Quote: “I am a daughter. My father…”

I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.

October 23, 2021 1997, July 12, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani, Quotes by Activists

Nazim Hikmet Quote: “Living is no laughing matter: you…”

Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example – I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.

October 13, 2021 1901, Nazim Hikmet, November 20, Quotes by Poets, Turkish

Michael Beschloss Quote: “You have had presidential candidates over…”

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

October 12, 2021 1955, American, Michael Beschloss, November 30, Quotes by Historians

Thucydides Quote: “History is Philosophy teaching by example….”

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

October 11, 2021 460 BC, Greek, Quotes by Historians, Thucydides

Susan George Quote: “The World Development Movement, to take…”

The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.

October 1, 2021 1950, American, July 26, Quotes by Activists, Susan George

Sandra Fluke Quote: “There are many types of preventive…”

There are many types of preventive health care services that are covered, things like blood pressure medication, for example. And women are merely asking that their health be taken just as seriously.

September 27, 2021 1981, American, April 17, Quotes by Activists, Sandra Fluke

Noam Chomsky Quote: “I don’t join the New Atheists….”

I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.

September 18, 2021 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Leon Kass Quote: “Cloning represents a very clear, powerful…”

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture.

August 18, 2021 1939, American, February 12, Leon Kass, Quotes by Educators

Simon Schama Quote: “In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example…”

In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So that notion that religion can go on, when all the markers of power and trappings of monarchy disappear, ultimately serves the endurance of Judaism very well.

July 25, 2021 1945, British, February 13, Quotes by Historians, Simon Schama

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