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Michel'le Singer, Songwriter
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"Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation."

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Daniel Gilbert Businessman
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"My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it."

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Alan Watts Philosopher, Writer
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"If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it."

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Tony Robbins Author, Life Coach
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"Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life."

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Stewart Brand Environmentalist, Author
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"The great problem with the future is that we die there. This is why it is so hard to take the future personally, especially the longer future, because that world is suffused with our absence."

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Lee Carroll Author
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"The problem with being linear minded is that you would ask this at all! You assume that you must do one or the other. Plan or not plan. How about planning to walk in a certain direction until the "now" offers you another plan?"

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
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"Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it."

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Chris Martin Musician
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"I've had tinnitus for about 10 years, but since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse. Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem. I wish I'd thought about it earlier."

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Ramana Maharshi Spiritual Teacher
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"Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself."

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Thomas Homer-Dixon Author and Scholar
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"Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But are they smart enough to solve the problems of the 21st century?"

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