This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to the truth of the story you're trying to tell.
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LYNN SCHUSTERMAN Ascertain a trend rather than a reaction ? try not to read too much into economic numbers, LYNN REASER By supporting all the links in the building chain and giving them an easy, intuitive tool for sharin... GREG LYNN Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the... LYNN SCHUSTERMAN You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20. LYNN DAVIES Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear... LYNN GOOD No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few... LYNN ABBEY I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anym... LYNN SHELTON There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the... LYNN DAVIES I don't see a sea change by 2020, but I see migration in the direction of modernization and more... LYNN GOOD In my work with young Jewish adults in the gay community, I hear their stories of discrimination, of... LYNN SCHUSTERMAN It took several years of trial and error, soul-searching and hard work to shape the ROI program into... LYNN SCHUSTERMAN Fracking has been a real technological change that has caused great innovation in our business, and ... LYNN GOOD People think the earth is going to die and they have to save it. That's ridiculous. If you rid t... LYNN MARGULIS I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I th... LYNN DAVIES While the Index remains below its pre-Katrina levels, the shock of the hurricanes and subsequent lea... LYNN FRANCO Once consumers file online, they tend to stay online. The number of people filing their federal taxe... LYNN FRANCO I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a po... LYNN JOHNSTON It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthe... LYNN DAVIES I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do. LYNN BARBER Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-spec... LYNN MARGULIS All of us from fertile egg to embryo to corpse, are exactly that: warm, wet, furry animals compelled... LYNN MARGULIS