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"As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus."
"For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom)."
"If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself"
"Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know."
"You need to be happy to live, I don't."
"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."
"A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed-- Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear, We can begin to feed!"
"What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?"
"What the poor need is not charity, but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers."
"There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news."
"Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity."
"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."
"Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops."
"We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday."
"We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi."
"Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator."
"Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction."
"You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time."
"Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that."
"You don't need a bus pass, for me to bust yo ass, nigga."
