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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
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"I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea."

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Slavoj Žižek Philosopher, Cultural Critic
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"There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from prehistoric societies it took primitivism; from the Ancient world it took slavery; from medieval society brutal domination; from capitalism exploitation; and from socialism the name."

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual Leader
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"Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world."

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Sri Chinmoy Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
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"The world is for newness, not for oldness. New, new things we have to create. Then only the world will progress. If not, we will come to feel that there is nothing new under the sun. We have to create new things to keep our joy. If there is no newness, how can we have enthusiasm? And if there is no enthusiasm, do we make any progress?"

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge-and therefore, like power."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality that anyone can make or acquire"

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Rowan Williams Theologian
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"To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"Always remember that renunciation is the root idea. Unless one is initiated into this idea, not even Brahma and the World - gods have the power to attain Mukti"

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