"The modern world seems invincible. Like the extinct dinosaurs."

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“An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.”

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— Mikhail Gorbachev

Politics1921–1981

#mind

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— Julia Gillard

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