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A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.

— Pete Seeger How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger (1981)

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The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.

How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger (1981)

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.

Turn! Turn! Turn! (1954)

The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the impossible.

The world will be saved by people fighting for their homes.

The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

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