If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one … - Margaret Mead

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But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

Margaret Mead

If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

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Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

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For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.

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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

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If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

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You do not invite experience with your 'yes' and exclude it with your 'no'. There is no exclusion in this attraction-based Universe. Your focus in the invitation.

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But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. If you awaken from this illusion, and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death - or shall I say, death implies life - you can conceive yourself.

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Nirmala Srivastava

You must forgive everyone. Now many would say that "We cannot forgive, it's very difficult. " But it's a myth whether you forgive or don't forgive. What do you do? You don't do anything. But when you don't forgive, then you are playing into wrong hands. That means you are torturing yourself, while those who have troubled you are quite happy.

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