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Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can look after the quality of education on the school even as we expand the availability of schooling.

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Amartya Sen
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: November 3
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I think that so many of our abilities to do things depend on interaction with each other.
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[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
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Women's education has a much greater impact [on], for example, fertility. Men's education, if our studies are correct, ha[s] almost no impact on fertility. Women's do. So, by the way, as a man, it's not to the glory of men specifically that it's women's education that reduces child mortality.
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You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable.
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Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.
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Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.
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We need to ask the moral questions: Do I have a right to be rich? And do I have a right to be content living in a world with so much poverty and inequality? These questions motivate us to view the issue of inequality as central to human living.
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