Oct 30 2011: Dreams, thoughts, ideas, movies, any form of media, animals...every single aspect of this world constitutes the potential to be a creative spark that ignites the genius within someone's mind and soul, helping to push them just a bit farther, in order to obtain their goals and watch their dreams turn into realities.
Oct 27 2011: We need more Palestinian art and music too, if it can survive destructive military operations. We desperately need more of this inspiration and direction in America's ghettos too.
Oct 27 2011: According to Collier, corrupt / mismanaged governance increases poverty....I wonder if there is a correlation between corrupt governance and sweatshop proliferation....
Oct 27 2011: No, he is saying that when kids survive, you don't overcompensate by getting more. As soon as you are feeling confident that your kids will not die, then you only get about 2 per family.
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