"I would like to see an agreement that recognizes that we live on the same planet and that some interests, such as human rights, must be universal and that all religions must be respected."

-- Ninian Smart

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“I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.”
“The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.”
“I learned that the political is above the legal, that's why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that".”
“See how God writes history. No technical knowledge is required; only a calm day and a calm mind.”
“Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.”
“My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.”
“Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.”
“Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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