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“Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.”

Quote by David Brin

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David Brin is an American scientist known for his contributions to physics and astronomy. His research spans various fields, including cosmology, astrophysics, and space exploration. Brin's work has had a significant impact in the academic community, and he is also a best-selling science fiction author, renowned for his insightful and imaginative novels. more

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Ifs Men Done Race Mankind Creatures Interfere

Book:Blood Meridian: Picador Classic

Source: Blood Meridian: Picador Classic

“I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.”

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Author:A.M. Homes

“Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. When there aint nothing in sight Why am I trying to give, When no one gives me a try Why am I dying to live, If I am just living to die?”

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Author:Tupac Shakur

“True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”

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Book:Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63

Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63

“My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.”

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“It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.”

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Book:A Grief Observed

Source: A Grief Observed

“Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho