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“When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from poverty-related preventable causes - equivalent to 100 jumbo jets crashing every day.”

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Benjamin Mkapa

Benjamin Mkapa, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, was born on November 12, 1938. He is a politician and military leader with extensive experience in both political and military fields. Mkapa served as the Minister of Defense and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Party. He was elected President of Tanzania in 1995 and served until 2005. During his presidency, Mkapa promoted social and economic development in Tanzania, strengthened cooperation with other African countries, and worked to combat corruption and promote democracy. more

“The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.”

Reason Shows Certain Principles Progress Influence Assuming Discussion Conception Submit Dogma Examination History Of Science

Author:Louis de Broglie

“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.”

Mind Matter Difficult Development Habit

Book:The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature

Source: The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature

“When you get as old as I am, you start to realize that you've told most of the good stuff you know to other people anyway.”

People Knows Stuff Realizing

Author:Richard P. Feynman

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