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... responsibility is enormous . Arousing passion , exploring the grief of loss , making an other laugh , showing someone how to care - these are the concerns of the writer , and they do not come free of responsibility . But the creative ...
... responsibility is enormous . Arousing passion , exploring the grief of loss , making an other laugh , showing someone how to care - these are the concerns of the writer , and they do not come free of responsibility . But the creative ...
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... responsibility for our own violent realpolitik or for a marriage that was " good in its time " after that time has passed . There is a third way . It begins with the end of lies and silence about violence . It begins with accepting ...
... responsibility for our own violent realpolitik or for a marriage that was " good in its time " after that time has passed . There is a third way . It begins with the end of lies and silence about violence . It begins with accepting ...
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... responsibility for the deaths we permit each day by pretending the victims are other than ordinary people who are most often born hungry and suffer all their lives and die . We cannot " save life " by serving as merchants of death any ...
... responsibility for the deaths we permit each day by pretending the victims are other than ordinary people who are most often born hungry and suffer all their lives and die . We cannot " save life " by serving as merchants of death any ...
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The Necessity to Speak | 3 |
Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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