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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. ↗

— Hans Kung

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You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals. ↗

— Talib Kweli

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Once you're signed to a label you compromise. ↗

— Talib Kweli

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In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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You cannot compromise unless people talk to you. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? ↗

— Philip Roth

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