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Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished in the Catholic Church until 1816. The last bastion of support for the reality of witchcraft and the necessity of punishment has been the Christian churches.

Atheism - Christianity - End - Italy - People - Punishment - Reality - Religion - Support - Witchcraft

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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.

Actions - Choice - Force - Judging - Man - Novel - People - Philosophy - Thinking - Wants

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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

Man - Reward

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Neil Gaiman

Author, Screenwriter

Do the stuff that only you can do. The urge, starting out, is to copy. And that's not a bad thing. Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people. But the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

Expose - Feelings - Mindset - People - Playing - Sound - Start - Story - Urgency - Vision - Voice - Writing

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Novelist, Scientist, Astrophysicist

I don't ever tell people what to do! Even if it seems and feels that way sometimes, I don't think I should tell a person how to spend their money. I try not to tell people what to read.

Feelings - People - Sometimes - Thinking - Trial

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Ludwig von Mises

Composer, Economist, Philosopher

Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from the oppression of the majority. ... The citizen must not be so narrowly circumscribed in his activities that, if he thinks differently from those in power, his only choice is either to perish or to destroy the machinery of state.

Activity - Choice - Citizenry - Democracy - Economy - Effort - Machine - Majority - Oppression - Resistance - State - Thinking - Violence

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.

Accept - Effort - Inspiration - Life - People - Remembering

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Dale Carnegie

Writer, Lecturer

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.

Ability - Change - Conviction - Emotions - Inspiration - Listening - People

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Alan Watts

Philosopher

Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them. Faith-in life, in other people, and in oneself-is the attitude of allowing the spontaneous to be spontaneous, in its own way and in its own time.

Allowance - Effort - Inspiration - Oneself - People

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Amartya Sen

Economist, Philosopher

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.

Identity - People - Terrorism - Violence

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and because of their scars.

Battle - People - Strength

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Tony Robbins

Actor, Author, Author

Most people achieve their goals and are like, "Is this all there is?" We are supposed to keep growing so we have something to get. What we get never makes us happy. You play yourself when you forget that.

Achievement - Goals - Growing - People - Playing

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Dalai Lama, XIV

Leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Exiled Leader of Tibet

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Effort - Genuine - Lasting - Spiritual - Transformation

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Tony Robbins

Actor, Author, Author

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Challenge - Improvement - Inspiration - Learning - Masterpiece - People - Positive - Success - Teaching

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Bodhidharma

Athlete, Leader, Biographer

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

Fools - Imagination - Nature - People - Practice - Time

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Tony Robbins

Actor, Author, Author

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

Feelings - Life - Lifestyle - Living - Pain - People - Pleasure - Success

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Zig Ziglar

Politician, Author, Author

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Help - Life - People - Wants - Willing

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Earl Nightingale

Radio Speaker, Author

You can predict a person?s future and divine his bank balance if you know two things: the books he reads, the people he associates with.

Balance - Book - People - Teamwork

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