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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are."

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Alexandre Dumas Novelist, Playwright
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"As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian
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"For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom."

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
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"I love order. It's my dream. A world where all would be silent and still, and each thing in its last place, under the last dust."

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Russell Means Activist, Actor
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"Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain."

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H. G. Wells Writer
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"We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."

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Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author
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"Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the other person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha."

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Katie Cleary Model/Actress
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"I would make a difference by banning unsustainable palm oil in order to save the rainforest and orangutan habitats along with the rest of the three hundred thousand other species that live in the rainforest."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"There's one white powder which is by far the most lethal known, it's called sugar. . . . The Caribbean back in the 18th century was a soft drug producer: sugar, rum, tobacco, chocolate. And in order to do it, they had to enslave Africans."

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