{"quotes":[{"text":"Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.","author":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg","tags":["will","ability","persuade "],"id":82384,"author_id":"Ruth+Bader+Ginsburg"},{"text":"We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our food to companies whose owners and employees make a living by exploiting our busyness or laziness and our innate hunger to continue living.","author":"Mokokoma 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