"Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are."

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"Do any of us believe in what we are doing here? I doubt it. Her NCO husband least of all. We are given an old racetrack and a quantity of barbed wire and told to effect a change in men's souls. Not be…"

— J. M. Coetzee

Literature1940

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"Although Rahu attempts to attack both the sun and the Moon, they are protected by Lord Visnu. Being very afraid of Lord Visnu’s cakra, Rahu cannot stay in front of the sun or Moon for more than a muhu…"

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Philosophy1896–1977

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"Human philosophy tends to shake down into values which might be categorizes as intellectual, religious, moral, and aesthetic."

— Dan Simmons

Literature1948–2026

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— Epifanio de los Santos

Journalism1871–1928

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