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• The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. Such a life is, from the spiritual point of view… — Meher Baba
• Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can… — Dorothy E. Denning
• A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable — Thabo Mbeki
• Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer… — Herbert Marcuse
• All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is… — Swami Vivekananda
• It is not too fantastic to say that he desired them with some of the absolute passion that characterised the… — Thomas Keneally
• The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we… — Jean-Claude Juncker
• Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. — Karl Jaspers
• The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into… — Arnold J. Toynbee
• The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest… — Matthew Arnold
• I am very impressed by The Carrivick Sisters, one of the best young duos I’ve heard. The girls sing and… — Ralph McTell
• When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour. — Lars von Trier

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