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Quote by Alice Walker

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.”

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Alice Walker is a renowned American author born on February 9, 1944. Her works are known for their profound social criticism and feminist ideas, with notable titles including 'The Color Purple' and 'Beloved'. more

“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.”

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Book:Dune Messiah

Source: Dune Messiah

“Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.”

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Book:The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Source: The Theory of Moral Sentiments

“The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.”

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Book:Children of Dune

Source: Children of Dune

“The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.”

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Author:Cornelia Funke

“I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.”

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Author:R. Buckminster Fuller

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