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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to he right."

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Thomas Huxley Biologist, Anthropologist
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"And when you cannot prove that people are wrong, but only that they are absurd, the best course is to let them alone."

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"We're all human beings with bodily needs living within a system. We don't need to prove that we're not a part of the fabric of the culture in order to want to change it."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it."

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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
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"What, I have actually loved it, because I've been underestimated every step of the way, and it's so exciting when you can prove them all wrong."

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Mano Khalil Film Director
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"Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through film."

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"I had never even thought about doing something that I'd never done before or proving anything."

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