"Beyond [known peoples of black West Africa] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense. There are only humans who are closer to dumb animals than to rational beings. They live in thickets and caves, and eat herbs and unprepared grain. They frequently eat each other. They cannot be considered human beings."

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Source : "Muqaddimah" translated by Franz Rosenthal, Princeton University Press, 1981.

Ibn Khaldun

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“Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.”

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“To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.”

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“I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.”

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