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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility."

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Margo St. James Activist
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"When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men."

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Anthony Bourdain Chef, Author, Television Personality
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"The bible of cooking. The all-time argument ender. Early in my cooking career, I wielded my Larousse like a weapon and it never let me down."

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John Carroll Actor
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"Education is the strongest weapon available for restricting the questions people ask, controlling what they think, and ensuring that they get their thoughts 'from above'."

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H. G. Wells Writer
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"Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
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"To me pornography is...spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons."

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