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Terry Tempest Williams Quotes: I think about capitalism, consumerism, our consumptive nature as a species approaching the 21st century. I certainly don't have the answers.
         

I think about capitalism, consumerism, our consumptive nature as a species approaching the 21st century. I certainly don't have the answers.


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