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As a general rule, as income rises, so debt increases, but in the very low income groups we find an extraordinarily high ratio of debt. Goolam Ballim
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Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere. Ban Ki-moon
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I prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much. Rick Riordan
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It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. David R. Brower
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The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. Bobby Scott
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The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city. Tom Piazza
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past Tom Petty
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God take care of him, because he's my past and my future Simone Elkeles
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We need to look back sometimes and realize the past taught us to appreciate our future. Simone Elkeles
past alcohol news
from one minute to the next the present is merely an honorary past. It must be filled unceasingly anew to dissemble the curse it carries within itself; that is why Americans like speed, alcohol, thriller films and any sensational news: the demand for new things, and ever newer things, is feverish since nowhere will they rest. Simone de Beauvoir
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We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible. Simone de Beauvoir
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Death. An instantaneous state, without past or future. Indispensable for entering eternity. Simone Weil
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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. Simone Weil
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Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyone will be glad that you did. Members of your family and other critics may wish you had kept your secrets. Oh, well, what are you going to do? Anne Lamott