For every person in the world to reach the present U.S. level of consumption with existing technology would require four more planet earths.
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No matter how har...
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Then there will be things that you won't ever lis...
RATISH EDWARDS I wish I could see you some day,
Just for a moment, just see you,
I wish I could h...
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O. HENRY Almost as soon as I went vegan, people started telling me that my skin looked great, and that I appe...
STEVE-O I never contemplated any kind of existence or identity after my career. I never thought at some poin...
STEVE-O The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling ...
O. HENRY The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about...
STEVE-O I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateb...
STEVE-O She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim owne...
O. HENRY It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. HENRY Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. HENRY It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
O. HENRY A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HENRY