#purpose

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Our prime #purpose in #life is to #help others. And if you can't help them, at least, don't #hurt them... Dalai Lama

Trapped in a #plastic bag at a landfill in Spain, the photographer who took this shot later freed the stork...

There is no planet B, there aren't enough photographers to catch all the birds caught in plastic.

Our planet is dying and we are the killers.

#StopPlasticNow #PlasticFreeWorld #Environment #Pollution #PlasticKills

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A quotation by Richardson, James

Think of all the smart people who are made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn’t fine long when used as a hammer.

James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet

“Vectors: 56 Aphorisms and Ten-second Essays,” Michigan Quarterly Review, #19 (Spring 1999)

#quotation #quote #character #flaw #intelligence #potential #purpose #tool

More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/richardson-james/49989/

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A quotation by Taylor, A. J. P.

Once abandon that firm ground, once plead that history has a “message” or that history has a “social responsibility” (to produce good Marxists or good Imperialists or good citizens) there is no logical escape from the censor and the Index, the OGPU and the Gestapo.

A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) British historian, journalist, broadcaster [Alan John Percivale Taylor]

“The Historian,” Manchester Guardian (5 Aug 1938)

#quotation #quote #history #message #purpose #truth

More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/taylor-ajp/48266/