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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
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"The capitalist mode of production and accumulation, and therefore capitalist private property, have for their fundamental condition the annihilation of self-earned private property: in other words, the expropriation of the labourer."

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Michael Jordan Professional Basketball Player
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"When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals."

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"I think it is undeniably true that the human brain must work in models. The trick is to have your brain work better than the other person's brain because it understands the most fundamental models- ones that will do most work per unit."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge. But it can only emerge if something fundamental changes in your state of consciousness."

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Albert Einstein Physicist
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"The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. It is the source of all true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle."

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Cesare Pavese Poet, Novelist
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"Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"The tradition of always looking for the answer in the most fundamental way available - that is a great tradition, and it saves a lot of time in this world."

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