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Rene Magritte Surrealist Artist
World

"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
World

"One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission. But the way things are in the world, bringing up children has a great deal in common with washing up saucepans."

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Robert Anton Wilson Author, Philosopher
World

"Everybody who has ever worked for a corporation knows that corporations conspire all the time. Politicians conspire all the time, pot-dealers conspire not to get caught by the narcs, the world is full of conspiracies. Conspiracy is natural primate behavior."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
World

"My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless ; 'Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved. I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one; One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
World

"But you've been too busy saving the Wizarding world. Well ... I can't say I'm surprised. I knew this would happen in the end. I knew you wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort. Maybe that's why I like you so much."

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Haile Selassie Emperor
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"The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion."

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Zhuangzi Philosopher
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"Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves."

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Jack Kerouac Novelist, Poet
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"I didn't know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being."

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