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“Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left.”
Source : Herbert Marcuse (2007). “The Essential Marcuse: Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse”, p.50, Beacon Press
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“The march is a way to get in celebration mode.”
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“I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.”
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“I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered.”
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“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.”
Source : Mary Oliver (1992). “New and Selected Poems”, Beacon Press (MA)
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“People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.”
Source : "Tax Residency clause may have been clumsily worded: P Chidambaram". Interview with Supriya Shrinate, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, economictimes.indiatimes.com. Mar 1, 2013.
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“We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.”
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“Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.”