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The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 24
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy
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The minute what you think of as radical becomes an institutionalised, funded operation, you're in some trouble.
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The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.
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