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T. E. Lawrence Writer, Archaeologist, Military Officer
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"The Beduin of the desert, born and grown up in it, had embraced with all his sour this nakedness too harsh for volunteers, for the reason, felt but inarticulate, that there he found himself indubitably free."

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Mikhail Bulgakov Novelist, Playwright
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"For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone."

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Muhammad Iqbal Poet, Philosopher
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"Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge."

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author
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"If a business is to be considered a continuous process, instead of a series of disjointed stop-and-go events, then the economic universe in which a business operates-and all the major events within it-must have rhyme, rhythm, or reason."

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