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Toni Morrison Novelist, Essayist
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"The concept of physical beauty as a virtue is one of the dumbest, most pernicious and destructive ideas of the Western world, and we should have nothing to do with it."

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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory."

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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace."

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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
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"Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life."

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Tim Berners-Lee Computer Scientist
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"The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies."

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Thomas Mann Novelist
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"He thought what a fine thing it was that people made music all over the world, even in the strangest settings – probably even on polar expeditions."

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