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According to the U.N., more than 2.7 billion people will face severe water shortages by 2025. Many social scientists predict that the next big wars will be over water. Nevertheless, the average American family blissfully consumes 300 gallons a day, when you add in watering the lawn and washing dishes, clothes, and cars.

~Alex Shoumatoff

Topics: According Add American American Family Average Average American Big Billion Car Clothes Consumes Day Dishes Face Family Lawn Many More Nevertheless Next Over People Predict Scientists Severe Shortages Social Than Wars Washing Water Watering Will You

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Everybody can't have the life of a normal, average American person in India - they can't. So, it's about egalitarianism. It's about sharing things more equally. It's about access to natural resources.

~Arundhati Roy

Topics: About Access American Average Average American Equally Everybody India Life More Natural Natural Resources Normal Person Resources Sharing Things

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The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Am American Average Average American Awareness Being Between Day Difference Every Every Day Level Low More Often Paranoid Situational Survivor Than Victim Watchful You I Am

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In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.

~Beau Willimon

Topics: American Average Average American Bank Congressman Free Free World Leader Major Make Making Money More Much President Senator Than Think Washington Were World You

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I thought I had more of a European sense of humour than the average American comic.

~Bo Burnham

Topics: American Average Average American Comic European Had Humour More Sense Than Thought

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The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation.

~Bob Barr

Topics: Abroad Activity Agent American Assumes Average Average American Because Close Come Contents Criminal Device Does Electronic Give Government Her His Ipad Just Just Because Likely Meeting Returning Right Seize Threshold Trip Vacation Would

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Republicans just don't get that their idea of scandal is not what the average American thinks is a serious scandal.

~Bob Beckel

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The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Aging American Average Average American Fast Furious Game Hard However Keep Lifestyle Living Much Name Pedal Process Pushes Pushing Speed Too Too Much Up

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I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it's going to take some time to work through it.

~David Axelrod

Topics: American Average Average American Create Crisis Going January Some Take Think Through Time Took Work Years I Think

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The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.

~Eric Schmidt

Topics: American Average Average American How How Much Laws Lobbyists Much Realize Written

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