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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all."

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Neil Jordan Director
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"But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened."

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Neil Jordan Director
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"It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert."

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Marilyn Johnson Author, Journalist
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"We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone."

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Henri Nouwen Theologian, Author
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"The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying."

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