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Saany Naseer
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The precautionary principle states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that
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“Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.”
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?”
― The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
― The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
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Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
Super Soul Books
— 20 members
— last activity Nov 06, 2015 08:00AM
This group is interested in reading and recommending books that transform the soul. (Think Oprah's Super Soul Sunday!) ...more
This group is interested in reading and recommending books that transform the soul. (Think Oprah's Super Soul Sunday!) ...more
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
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— last activity Nov 14, 2024 09:21AM
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
God Realization (Sincere Non-Religious Spiritual Literature)
— 36 members
— last activity Mar 24, 2016 02:42PM
An international forum to discuss the genres of Spiritual Fiction, Spiritual Poetry, and other Spiritual Literature, as such works relate to God Reali ...more
An international forum to discuss the genres of Spiritual Fiction, Spiritual Poetry, and other Spiritual Literature, as such works relate to God Reali ...more
The History Book Club
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— last activity 13 hours, 39 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
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