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I don't have the Big Idea. I don't have the arrogance to even want to have the Big Idea. But I believe the physics of resisting power is as old as the physics of accumulating power. That's what keeps the balance in the universe... the refusal to obey.

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: September 24
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy
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