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In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural world is a metaphor.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Being Between Books Civilized Difference Emphasized Even Fundamental Indigenous Listening Metaphor Most Natural Natural World Open-Minded Ways World

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No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Call Causing Civilization Death Extinction Greatest History Industrial Mass Matter Planet Poison Still The History Of

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For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Acts Because Become Deplorable Each Impossibilities Lies Living Maintain Many Must Necessary Other Our Ourselves Tell Them Us Way Without Would

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Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Bleed Easy Else Everything Everything Else Just Onto Page Really Tap Technical Vein Very Writing

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Civilization can never be sustainable.

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Topics: Civilization Never Sustainable

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I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Culture Dominant Increasingly Lot Planet Recognizing Think Us I Think

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Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang.

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Topics: Central Excuse Literature Me Plays Revival Sang She Wrote

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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that any way of living that's based on the use of non-renewable resources won't last.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Any Based Figure Last Living Out Resources Rocket Scientist Take Use Way

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My audience consists mainly of people who already recognize how bad this culture is, and I want to push them to become more radical. It doesn't really matter to me if they are Left or Right.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Audience Bad Become Consists Culture How Left Mainly Matter Me More People Push Radical Really Recognize Right Them Want Who

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I get asked quite often if I'm an anarchist. If they want to put a label on me, that's fine. What is most important to me is to live in a world that is not being murdered.

~Derrick Jensen

Topics: Anarchist Asked Being Fine Get Important Label Live Me Most Often Put Quite Want World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 19th, 1960

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