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All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. ↗

— Edward Bond

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But we are not in the world to be good but to change it. ↗

— Edward Bond

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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play. ↗

— Edward Bond

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What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion. ↗

— Edward Bond

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I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work. ↗

— Julian Bond

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well. ↗

— Julian Bond

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