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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history o

September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing

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Professionalism
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Doris Lessing
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What society doesnt realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they dont now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. – Doris Lessing

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Learning
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When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity. – Robert Anton Wilson

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It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race. – Neale Donald Walsch

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Im the fourth generation to be in show business. Its pretty neat its nice to have that family history. – Rachel Bilson

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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. – Chinua Achebe

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