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" The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it. "

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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" I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush. "

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" Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name. "

" When people come and see me, I want them to experience joy. I don't do any sad songs in my show. It's to lift the spirit. "

" In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity. "

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" As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity. "

" America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow. "

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