"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.
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Vaclav Smil
Submitted by cvining on
You have to recognize the realities of the world, and the realities of the world tend to be unpleasant, discouraging and depressing.