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“I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.”

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— Nathan Hale

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#war

"It’s the age-old dilemma of being known for doing a certain thing in a certain way. And even if people think, “Well, we could cast him in this role,” then they say, “He just brings a lot of Mr. Bean b…"

— Rowan Atkinson

Entertainment1955

#philosophy

"Leaders are thus trapped in a double bind. If they stay in the centre of power, they will have an extremely distorted vision of the world. If they venture to the margins, they will waste too much of t…"

— Yuval Noah Harari

Literature1976

#time