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In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.Jane VelezMitchell
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Every decision we make - when we choose a vehicle, when we pump gas into that vehicle, when we order food - is not just a personal lifestyle choice. It's an environmental and moral choice.Jane VelezMitchell
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It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches.Jane VelezMitchell
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The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.Jane VelezMitchell
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The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea.Jane VelezMitchell
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We have been brainwashed into craving a diet that is killing us. What we believe tastes good is generally what we have been socially conditioned to enjoy.Jane VelezMitchell
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I've studied pathological liars, and anything they say, they believe, and that's one of the reasons they're so convincing, because they have no connection with the truth. It's a dead issue. It's like they're color-blind to the truth. So anything that comes out of their mouths is their reality.Jane VelezMitchell
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Obesity affects every aspect of a people's lives, from health to relationships.Jane VelezMitchell
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Shopping in the right kind of stores and looking for healthier foods can be a wonderful adventure to health.Jane VelezMitchell
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I actually get quite sad when I smell bacon.Jane VelezMitchell
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The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have 14 kids.Jane VelezMitchell
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Wouldn't it help Americans more, in the long run, if we were forced to accept some responsibility for the environmental wreckage we prefer to assume is totally out of our control?Jane VelezMitchell