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Vikram Seth Poet, Novelist
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"So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English."

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Ray Bradbury Author
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"The things that you do should be things that you love, and things that you love should be things that you do."

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer
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"Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us."

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer
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"What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them."

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Stephen Hawking Theoretical Physicist
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"I’m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least I’m obviously physically challenged. Whether I’m a genius is more open to doubt."

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Russell Chatham Painter
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"Not everything in life can or should be explained. Part of every painting should be incomplete...to be completed in the mind of the viewer."

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