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“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”

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A leader of the Indian independence movement, lawyer, politician, and social activist, Mahatma Gandhi is revered as the 'Father of the Nation'. He advocated for non-violence and unity between Hindus and Muslims, leading the Indian struggle for independence and profoundly influencing history both in India and around the world. more

“Do you think I'm wonderful? she asked him one day as they leaned against the trunk of a petrified maple. No, he said. Why? Because so many girls are wonderful. I imagine hundreds of men have called their loves wonderful today, and it's only noon. You couldn't be something that hundreds of others are.”

Thinking Men Said Today Girl Imagine Wonderful One Day Noon Uncommon Trunks Maple Everything Is Illuminated

Book:Everything Is Illuminated

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

“You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.”

Dies Born Rotten

Book:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic principles. Every word, every action, every moment counts. (This is the pattern on which everybody makes mistakes [or] becomes irrational — not relating their one action or one conviction to another.”

Moments Action My Own Mistake Principles Patterns Conviction Making Mistakes Irrational Basic Principles Everybody Makes Mistakes

Book:The Journals of Ayn Rand

Source: The Journals of Ayn Rand

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