"The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them."
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Bernard Beckett
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Bernard Beckett is a New Zealand author and playwright, known for his thought-provoking works like 'Genesis' that explore themes of truth and human nature.
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"I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed."
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"Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host."
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"A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself."
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"Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism."
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"Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed."