Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit. - Neil Kinnock

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The world is abundant with food for us, and with everything we need, if only we just open our eyes. There's so much food that gets thrown out or never harvested.

Neil Kinnock

Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.

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I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.

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