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How to do without 'Macbeth?'",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":32,"author":39,"source":40,"quote_tag":41,"commentary":9},3679409,"Yes, it seems we've got this mutant gene in our human personality that makes us susceptible to this same kind of mistake over and over again. It's really uncanny how we build these beautiful multicultural edifices and then allow this switch to be flipped and everybody goes, 'Oh, the other, get them out of here.'",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":45,"has_image":32,"author":46,"source":47,"quote_tag":48,"commentary":9},3049957,"The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite, weak of character, without opinion.” In.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":50,"quote_text":51,"author_id":5,"source_id":45,"has_image":32,"author":52,"source":53,"quote_tag":54,"commentary":9},3049956,"When you’re writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can’t go. You can’t suppose. You can’t imagine. 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This tension highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of religion, which can both unite and divide people, often simultaneously.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset in your own life, consider embracing the ambiguity of complex systems and relationships, rather than reducing them to simplistic binaries. 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