“If it can't be … reused, repaired … then it should be … redesigned or removed from production.”

—  Pete Seeger

Berkeley salutes folk singer Seeger http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_25071210/berkeley-salutes-folk-singer-seeger (6 February 2014)

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