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“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
― Circe
― Circe
“While the Doctor was searching for a more lasting cure, the Saint journeyed across India distributing a placebo.”
― The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
― The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
“Well, I have been working on my own theory for twelve years,” and then he proceeded to describe it in excruciating detail. When he was finished, Feynman turned to me and said, in front of the man who had just proudly described his work, “That’s exactly what I mean about wasting your time.”
― The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
― The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
“The question is, can poverty be simulated? Poverty, after all, is not just a question of having no money or no possessions. Poverty is about having no power.
The battle of the poor and the powerless is one of reclamation, not renunciation.”
― The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
The battle of the poor and the powerless is one of reclamation, not renunciation.”
― The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
“You are wise,” he said.
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
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