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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
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"Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems."

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"The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust."

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Tariq Ali Author, Political Activist
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"The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it.""

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Why should I be weary when every cell of my body is bursting with life?"

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Meister Eckhart Theologian, Philosopher
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"It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and no less, God enters into you with all that is his, as far as you have stripped yourself of yourself in all things. It is here that you should begin, whatever the cost, for it is here that you will find true peace, and nowhere else."

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Benjamin Graham Investor, Author
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"Experience teaches that the time to buy stocks is when their price is unduly depressed by temporary adversity. In other words, they should be bought on a bargain basis or not at all."

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer
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"Do what you do so well that those who see you do what you do are going to come back to see you do it again and tell others that they should see you do what you do."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
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"If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head."

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
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"We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better."

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