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• Only 4 percent of the people who live here [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania] are actually foreign-born. And even fewer of those are refugees. So there's not a whole lot of experience with refugees here.

  Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

  People, Born, Refugee

  Source: www.npr.org

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• A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little less frown, A little less kicking, A man while he's down, A little more "We", A little less "I", A little more laugh, A little less cry, A little more flowers, On the pathway of life, And fewer on graves, At the end of the strife.

  Mark Twain

  Kindness, Flower, Men

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• Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.

  Peter Bart

  Years, Two, Next

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• In yoga practice, over time you use fewer muscles more efficiently. Expansion does require energy, but it should not require a great deal of effort.

  Brenda Strong

  Yoga, Practice, Effort

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• It is easier for a rich person to act on their principles than it is for someone with fewer choices (which is why it is all the more disappointing when a wealthy person plays to the crowd).

  Chris Cleave

  Play, Choices, Principles

  "'We Don't Know Our Hearts Until Life Puts Us to the Test'--Chris Cleave on 'Everyone Brave Is Forgiven'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. May 31, 2016.

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• Individuals who could not form cooperative alliances, on average, died sooner and left fewer children. And so we are the descendants of the successful cooperators.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Children, Successful, Average

  Interview with Tamler Sommers, www.believermag.com. August 2005.

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• You don't get fewer followers saying outrageous stuff on Twitter.

  Van Jones

  Followers, Stuff, Outrageous

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.

  Duncan Green

  Russia, Decision, Acting

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• For the first time in 150 years, the USDA reported there were more farms in America, not fewer. That has to make you happy.

  Bill McKibben

  America, Years, Firsts

  Source: www.wolverinefarm.org

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• Because of technological breakthroughs, the society will need fewer and fewer unskilled laborers.

  Maya Angelou

  Needs, Breakthrough, Technological

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

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