"I'm not a prophet but Fahrenheit 1/15 is being quoted by preachers. Far from being a leader but I'm still being invited by teachers."

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“I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence,Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it.”

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“Fear and Sex are the two most effective weapons that are used against the people. Tempering desire motivates liberation.”

“Life ain't meant to come around twice, that's why I gotta get it right. They said I gotta get it honest, now I gotta give them light, but sleep on it, that's why God gave you night”

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“I only fear God, know the weapons of the weak, the weakness of the heart, and never fall asleep...”

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— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy1946–2014

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"No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to a place, to an occupation, and to conformity with the will of an employer…"

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"I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fin…"

— Sue Monk Kidd

Literature1948

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"There are still many open questions that need answering: Why does gravity defy the notion of space-time in short distances? Why are there humongous quantum fluctuations in shorter distances? How is a …"

— Nima Arkani-Hamed

Science1972

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