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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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"But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let us forgive him! For the Quest is achieved, and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam"

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
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"To find oneself living in an age of doubt is not such a curse. There is a kind of reverence in undertaking the quest for truth, even before the first scrap has been found."

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"I only hope that when I am free, as they are free to go in quest, of the knowledge beyond the bounds of life, it may not seem better to me to rest."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"This is not a place, after all. It is BETWEEN places. This is NOWHERE. A brief thought: I could stay here, abandon my quest, hang forever in the void, safe and cold and alone."

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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred."

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist
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"When information rubs against information the results are startling and effective. The perrenial quest for involvement, fill-in, takes many forms."

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