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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.


Paul Ambroise Valery

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PAUL JOHNSON Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in sm...
PAUL HAWKEN I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American...
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