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The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in a

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems. – Robert D. Kaplan

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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. – John Boyd Orr

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The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find. – Freda Adler

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Im quite ignorant about fashion and Im colourblind, so its all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen. – Eddie Redmayne

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Do you remember when you found out you wouldnt live forever? People dont talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because youre not born with that knowledge. – David Cronenberg

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