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Cat Stevens Singer-songwriter
Prophet

"I've studied various schools of thought ... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times ..."

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
Prophet

"The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right."

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Niccolo Machiavelli Political Philosopher, Historian
Prophet

"Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]"

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author
Prophet

"The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains."

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
Prophet

"I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets.""

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